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 but it was not a success. Far more popular was the military drama, "Dive Bomber" (1941); this was his last film with Curtiz. Flynn started a new long-term relationship with a director when teamed with Raoul Walsh in "They Died with Their Boots On" (1942), a biopic of George Armstrong Custer. His co-star was de Havilland in this, the last of twelve movies they made together. The movie was one of the biggest hits of 1942. It grossed $2.55 million in the US alone, making it Warner Bros. second biggest hit of the year. Flynn became a naturalised American citizen