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 of the year. He returned to MGM for "Kim" (1950), one of Flynn's most popular movies from this period, grossing $5.348 million ($2.896 million in the US plus $2.452 million abroad) making it MGM's 5th biggest movie of the year and 11th overall for Hollywood. It was shot partly in India. On his way home he shot some scenes for a film he produced, "Hello God" (1951), directed by William Marshall; it was never released and remains a lost film. Flynn wrote and co-produced his next film, the low budget "Adventures of Captain Fabian" (1951), directed by Marshall and shot