In like Flynn

How one thing can lead to another. I remember, when I was thirteen, how searching sexy pictures of Catherine Zeta-Jones led to my discovery (and obsession) of Aria Giovanni. Now, randomly searching on Mischa Barton, I ran into this.

Walking to the 2006 BAFTA ceremony she was not only revealing her nipples, but also a swastika painted on Errol Flynn’s Walk of Fame-star. As if it’s not bad enough Hollywood’s greatest swashbuckler never won an Oscar, the ongoing rumours that Flynn was sympathizing with the Nazis are quite shameful.

The theory exists because of a friendship Flynn had in his adventurous life before finally arriving in LA, described in his autobiography ‘My Wicked, Wicked Ways’. In many articles these accusations have proven to be false.

In fact, Flynn had strong left-winged sympathies. During his life he showed up on the battlefield of the Spanish Civil War (1936 -1939), supporting the republicans (a.k.a. the loyalists), who were fighting the fascists supported by Hitler.

In his last years he was a strong believer of the Cuban dream. Being a huge fan of Fidel Castro and Ernesto ‘Che’ Guevara, Flynn in 1959 made the (lousy) documentary ‘Cuban Story - The Truth About Fidel Castro Revolution’.

Watch this great footage.