Errol Flynn to Marelle. Flynn described his mother's family as ""seafaring folk"" and this appears to be where his lifelong interest in boats and the sea originated. Both of his parents were Australian-born of Irish, English, and Scottish descent. Despite Flynn's claims, the evidence indicates that he was not descended from any of the Bounty mutineers. Flynn received his early schooling in Hobart. He made one of his first appearances as a performer in 1918, aged nine, when he served as a page boy to Enid Lyons in a queen carnival. In her memoirs, Lyons recalled Flynn as "a dashing figure –
Errol Flynn However, it was not a success and Thomson Productions made no more movies. In 1943, Flynn earned $175,000. With Walsh he made "Objective, Burma!" in 1944, released in 1945, a war film set during the Burma Campaign. Although popular, it was withdrawn in Britain after protests that the role played by British troops was not given sufficient credit. A Western, "San Antonio" (1945), was also very popular grossing $3.553 million in the US and was Warner Bros. 3rd biggest hit of the year. Flynn tried comedy again with "Never Say Goodbye" (1946), a comedy of remarriage opposite Eleanor Parker, but