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 time in the blockbuster "The Sun Also Rises" (1957) for producer Darryl F. Zanuck which made $3 million in the U.S. Flynn's performance in the latter was well received and led to a series of roles where he played drunks. Warner Bros cast him as John Barrymore in "Too Much, Too Soon" (1958), and Zanuck used him again in "The Roots of Heaven" which made $3.0 million (1958). He met with Stanley Kubrick to discuss a role in "Lolita", but nothing came of it. Flynn went to Cuba in late 1958 to film the self-produced B film "Cuban Rebel Girls",