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 –
The Sea Hawk (1940 film) set parsimonious Queen Bess's teeth on edge, constructed of the most tried-&-true cinema materials available, "The Sea Hawk" is a handsome, shipshape picture. To Irish [sic] Cinemactor Errol Flynn, it gives the best swashbuckling role he has had since Captain Blood. For Hungarian Director Michael Curtiz, who took Flynn from bit-player ranks to make "Captain Blood" and has made nine pictures with him since, it should prove a high point in their profitable relationship." The film had been in planning since Errol Flynn's success in the swashbuckler epic Captain Blood.According to Warner Bros records, the film was Warners most expensive