Word: errol
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Died. Leon Errol, 70, veteran stage & screen comedian; of a heart attack; in Hollywood. Equipped with collapsible legs and an elastic face which he contorted into caricatures of exasperation, bewilderment, bliss or imbecility, he played most often the part of a tottering drunk. In Australia, where he was born, he left a Shakespearian stock company to travel with a circus as clown, acrobat and animal trainer. He came to the U.S. in 1908, rose from burlesque to become one of Ziegfeld's top comedians (Sally in 1920), later went to Hollywood, where he made scores of strenuous two-reelers...
Writer Carlton E. (for Errol) Morse, 49, sat in a Hollywood studio one day last week, blinking back a sentimental rush of tears. He was listening to Actor J. Anthony Smythe, the Father Barbour of One Man's Family (weekdays 7:45 p.m., NBC), thank the "great American listening audience for its wonderful and sincere loyalty" to the program over the past 19 years...
...around as an Indian boy "because they send white boys to school." As the helper of a traveling Lama, Kim becomes involved in the Great Game: Injuh. On the other team in the Great Game are the Russians, who sneak around fomenting anti-British revolts. Kim and his buddy, Errol Flynn, manage to rack up quite a few points for our side; Kim by spying and carrying messages, and Flynn by knifing, shooting, and rolling rocks down on people...
...Little Friend of All the World. When he is saucy and conniving, he is almost convincing. But when he is serious, as in the mawkish Wheel-of-Life discussions with his Lama, he becomes a male Margaret O'Brien. In addition to his point-scoring activities, Errol Flynn also swings through a few harems as a red-bearded horse trader seeking recreation...
...lush Park Avenue Theatre at 59th reopens Thursday with Joel McCrea in Stars in My Crown. Radio City Music Hall provides Errol Flynn in Rudyard Kipling's Kim as accompaniment to its annual Christmas stage extravaganza, including this year "The Nativity" and "Star Bright." Jose Ferrer's Cyrano de Bergerao adds extra holiday performances at the Bijou December 25 through January...