Errol & Olivia - 9780971168589

Errol & Olivia seemed to have it all—looks, talent, and fame. But could these two lonely souls find happiness with each other? A groundbreaking Hollywood biography, the first ever on the topic, Errol & Olivia: Ego & Obsession in Golden Era Hollywood goes behind the scenes at the Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank, California to tell the true story of Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland, two great stars who battled the studio system and sometimes each other in the name of ego and obsession to achieve screen immortality in some of the greatest motion pictures of all time. Errol Flynn: movie star, writer, fearless adventurer, and Hollywood bad boy loved and left a legion of women as he searched in vain for inner peace and romantic contentment.Olivia de Havilland: career-minded artist and fiercely independent, modern woman single-handedly brought down the Hollywood studio system and found acting success on her own terms.Tall, tan, and athletic Errol Flynn and small, delicate-appearing Olivia de Havilland clicked immediately onscreen in Captain Blood, and went on to make seven more pictures together, including the all-time classic, Oscar-winning The Adventures of Robin Hood, precursor to all medieval adventure films that followed, including the 2010 Robin Hood starring Russell Crowe. Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland became the most profitable screen duo of Hollywood's Golden Era and became forever linked as a couple, onscreen and off.Robert Matzen, co-author of the 2009 hardcover Errol Flynn Slept Here and friend to many of Flynn's family members and associates, conducted new interviews and dug deep into the records of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, the Warner Bros. Archives at the University of Southern California, and many other rare collections to bring to life the story of Errol & Olivia—two sexy, complex, beautiful, and ultimately unhappy people who grew up together during Hollywood's Golden Era. Theirs was a tempestuous relationship that spanned love, hate, friendship and, ultimately, a deep connection that has proved timeless. Even today, Olivia de Havilland speaks warmly of her old co-star and calls Errol Flynn an enduring love of her life and a man she continues to feel close to, despite the fact that he has been gone for more than 50 years.