I have been fascinated with the past all my life. Although time travel is not possible (at least, as far as I know), we can still experience it through what I call "relics of the fourth dimension." Namely, as the old saying goes, "time marches on." We can't travel in the fourth dimension, except going forward in the present, but we can follow the trail of the fourth dimension. Along the way, people lose or discard items from their being. These relics are unintentional time capsules that give us as glimpse into their lives. Here on The Time Searchers blog, I will show some relics of the past that I have run across in our present. Sometimes when I am out on a relic hunt with the Colonial Relic Hunter, we know that we are not alone. There is more than just relics at these historical sites. Indeed, it could be said that there is a portal to the past, perhaps to another dimension, where that which once was, still is. A place where the real consorts with the shadows; the present fuses with the past, on Time Searchers: Ghost Relics.

Sunday, December 24, 2017

MERRY CHRISTMAS-ERROL FLYNN-THE GREAT ADVENTURER IN MOVIES AND REAL LIFE

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO EVERYONE.  I HAVE BEEN BUSY LATELY AND IT WAS A GREAT PLEASURE TO HAVE SOME DOWN TIME THIS HOLIDAY WEEKEND TO RELAX.  I WAS GOING THROUGH MY MOVIE COLLECTION AND STARTED WATCHING ERROL FLYNN MOVIES.  I HAD ALWAYS WANTED TO DO A BLOG SPOT ON HIM AND THOUGHT THAT THIS TIME WAS AS GOOD AS ANY.  FLYNN WAS ALWAYS ONE OF MY FAVORITES FROM MY EARLY DAYS WATCHING THE LATE SHOW MOVIES ON A SMALL BLACK AND WHITE TV SET AS A SMALL KID.
HE WAS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF A TRUE SWASHBUCKLER, ADVENTURER AND I THINK HE WOULD HAVE MADE A GREAT TREASURE HUNTER.  HE WAS A WARNER BROS. FILM STAR IN THE 1930'S TO THE END OF HIS STUDIO CONTRACT IN THE EARLY 1950'S WHEN WARNER BROS. WAS LETTING GO OF THEIR TOP STARS TO CUT COSTS WITH THE ADVENT OF TELEVISION AND THE END OF THE STUDIO SYSTEM.  I WAS GLAD TO FIND OUT THAT HE LEAD A LIFE OF ADVENTURE IN REAL LIFE, A TRIP TO WAR TORN SPAIN IN THE 1930'S TO HIS PLAYBOY LIFE IN HOLLYWOOD.  ONE LESSON TO BE LEARNED FROM ERROL FLYNN IS NOT TO GO OVERBOARD.  AS MUCH AS I LIKE ERROL FLYNN, HE DRANK TOO MUCH, HE WENT THROUGH THREE DIVORCES THAT COST HIM A FORTUNE AND SPENT TOO MUCH MONEY.  IN THE END, HE DIED TOO YOUNG AND DIDN'T HAVE THE MONEY HE SHOULD HAVE.  HE DIDN'T TAKE CARE OF HIMSELF AND LET OTHER PEOPLE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF HIM.   DESPITE HIS FAULTS, HE WAS MORE THAN JUST A GREAT ACTOR, HE HAD REAL PRESENCE AND PERSONALITY.  SOMETHING LACKING IN TODAY'S ACTORS.  UNFORTUNATELY, THEY DON'T MAKE HIS SWASHBUCKLER TYPE FILMS TODAY.  HE DEFINITELY WAS A ONE OF KIND  ADVENTURER.  PICTURED IS A 1942 AUTOGRAPHED PHOTOGRAPH THAT I ADDED TO THE TIME SEARCHER ARCHIVES A FEW YEARS AGO.  ALSO, I SHOW MY COPY OF DON JUAN.  A FILM THAT I BELIEVE SUMS ERROL FLYNN UP.-A SKILLED ADVENTURER WITH A TRUE LOVE OF LIFE.....  AND WOMEN.-THE TIME SEARCHER.