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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Died. Edward Joseph Flynn, 61, longtime Democratic boss of New York's Bronx County (pop. 1,491,000); after long illness; while vacationing in Dublin, Ireland. Elected county sheriff with Tammany backing in 1921, Flynn became boss of the county machine a few months later, efficiently converted the Bronx from a Republican stronghold into the greatest Democratic fortress north of the Mason-Dixon line. Splitting with Tammany in 1925, he backed the late Jimmy Walker for mayor, later became the leading New Dealer among Democratic city bosses ("I'm for anything Roosevelt is for"). When National Committee Chairman...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Aug. 31, 1953 | 8/31/1953 | See Source »

...Master of Ballantrae. Wielding his claymore, Errol Flynn hacks his way from Scotland to the New World in a rousing version of Robert Louis Stevenson's 18th century thriller (TIME...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: CURRENT & CHOICE, Aug. 31, 1953 | 8/31/1953 | See Source »

...Master of Ballantrae. Errol Flynn as the "wicked, wicked lad" in a rousing movie version of Robert Louis Stevenson's tale of the Scottish wars (TIME...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: CURRENT & CHOICE, Aug. 17, 1953 | 8/17/1953 | See Source »

During the next two years she collected some famous four-in-hands-Farouk's, Errol Flynn's, Governor Dewey's, Aly Khan's. When Maurice Chevalier told her she must leave her little cafe for bigger things, she obeyed. Patachou likes big rooms and big crowds. Says she: "If they are a good audience, I have a good time. But if I am excited and they are not excited, then I feel like I am the only one in the room and there...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Sunshine Girl | 8/10/1953 | See Source »

...Master of Ballantrae. Errol Flynn as the "wicked, wicked lad" in a rousing movie version of Robert Louis Stevenson's tale of the Scottish wars (TIME...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: CURRENT & CHOICE, Aug. 10, 1953 | 8/10/1953 | See Source »

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