The Swashbuckler

Death on the Lot

Sony Music

Society & Culture, Tv & Film, History, Documentary, Film History

4.6 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 6 July 2023

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Episode 7 | The wild story of Errol Flynn, who just kept hanging around as a symbol of Hollywood’s misogynistic past as it tried to navigate its future. Learn more about the wonderful books, movies, and articles that made this season possible at dotlnotes.blog. Looking to get in touch with us with questions or feedback? Shoot us an email at [email protected]. Unlock all episodes of Death on the Lot, ad-free, right now by subscribing to The Binge. Plus, get binge access to brand new stories dropping on the first of every month — that’s all episodes, all at once, all ad-free. Just click ‘Subscribe’ on the top of the Death on the Lot show page on Apple Podcasts or visit GetTheBinge.com to get access wherever you get your podcasts. A HyperObject Industries & Sony Music Entertainment production. To bring your brand to life in this podcast, email [email protected]. Find out more about The Binge and other podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts and follow us @sonypodcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	The Bench.
0:02.0	It's May 26th and 1957.
0:09.0	I have been accorded the privilege of introducing our guest panelist tonight.
0:13.7	What's My Line is one of the most popular TV game shows on the air.
0:18.5	He's a Hollywood star, a novelist, an adventurer.
0:22.6	Tonight's celebrity panelist Errol Flint,
0:25.9	the swashbuckling hero of legendary films like,
0:29.7	they died with their boots on and Captain Blood.
0:33.5	He's made more girlish hearts flutter even
0:35.8	than our own panel moderator John Daly.
0:38.6	I give you Mr Errol Flynn.
0:39.7	Errol appears on the set, a handsome and debonair man who looks about 70 years old, but in fact is only 47, With years of hard living under his belt. His notorious life is used as a punchline throughout the show.
1:00.0	What does Mrs. Cook have to do with handcuffs? Uh, well, she tests them to see that the lock works.
1:08.0	No. That makes me seven down and three to go, Mr Flynn.
1:11.0	Would she be in charge of putting handcuffs on ladies?
1:15.0	No, that's eight dollars, two to go.
1:18.0	The audience laughs.
1:20.0	Laps at the Eternal Playboy, Errol laughs as well.
1:26.9	But if you were in the audience in 1957,
1:30.3	you probably knew that not that long before,
1:33.5	Errol Flint had been charged with statutory rape.
1:37.5	It was a case covered in newspapers everywhere,
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