Errol Flynn: Body odor, two-way mirrors, and VD warts
Errol Flynn provided some titillating copy for Confidential when they ran a story about a two-way mirror Errol Flynn had installed above a bedroom in his home. The story was captivating fodder for film fans, but for Hollywood insiders it was old news. "Flynn's two-way mirror in the downstairs bedroom ... became the worst kept secret in Hollywood," explains Matzen. "Above the mirror was the attic, accessible through a crawlspace from one of the upstairs bedrooms … In the attic a trap door lifted up, revealing the see-through mirror." Robert Douglas was Flynn’s co-star in The Adventures of Don Juan. Douglas remembered peering through the two-way mirror in the late forties. The mirror, he said, "overlooked the fascinating bedroom... in which were a young couple, asleep... Flynn said, 'Watch this; it'll be fun.' We had out champagne; [he] pressed a button. The end right opposite the bed, a screen came up, which woke them both up. They both [jumped] up in bed; of course they were naked. He pressed another button, and onto the screen came a pornographic movie. They were so shocked; these two, they sat there and watched ... We went down to the bar and left them there." Another evening King Kong star Bruce Cabot fell victim to the two-way device. Steve Hayes, a veteran screenwriter and close friend of Flynn says that "Cabot was not amused ... Cabot was the first victim of the mirror. [Errol] told me that Bruce was furious and for a while it caused a rift in their friendship – but not for long since Bruce needed money and Flynn to help him get acting parts, so he quickly made up.”
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What followed next is something straight out of Ripley's Believe it or Not. "An observation [Chief Pathologist] Dr. Tom Harmon made startled me. It concerned a number of VD warts on the end of Flynn's penis. Tom seemed fascinated. 'Well, Tom,' I said, 'They may be of clinical interest to you as a medical man, but there's going to be another autopsy done down in Los Angeles. I really don't think these warts are material to the case. Unless you disagree.' 'Perhaps not ... But, look, I'm going to be lecturing at the Institute of Pathology and I just thought it might be of interest if I could remove these things and fix them in formaldehyde and use them as a visual aid.' 'No way!' I said. 'We're not going to do that. I don't want anything done that isn't relevant to the case because we're really in the limelight tonight. We're on the hot seat. How can we send Mr. Flynn back to his wife with part of his bloody endowment missing?' So I insisted on absolutely no change or variation of routine procedures ... I left Doc Harmon and Errol Flynn alone in the autopsy room ... the telephones were still ringing like mad ... The night janitor had become an expert of evading questions ... Doc Harmon strolled casually into my office, 'Well, I've finished,' he said. Tom and I went back to the autopsy room and the first thing I noticed was that the VD warts had gone - vanished from the end of Mr. Flynn's penis. Then I spotted a jar of formaldehyde on a shelf that looked suspiciously like it might contain VD warts. It did.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 37 | July 7, 2025 7:17 AM
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Errol Flynn's most famous home was Mulholland Farm, a two-story, country-style estate he built in 1941 on 11.5 acres in the Hollywood Hills. It was located at 7740 Mulholland Drive. The house became known for its secret passages, two-way mirrors, and a crawl space above a bedroom, allowing Flynn to observe guests without their knowledge
by Anonymous | reply 1 | July 6, 2025 12:38 AM
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"VD warts" on the cock head? The fuck?
by Anonymous | reply 2 | July 6, 2025 12:43 AM
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Was he on the Great Race?
by Anonymous | reply 4 | July 6, 2025 12:58 AM
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Error Flynn was the Gay Batchelor Season 12.
by Anonymous | reply 5 | July 6, 2025 1:00 AM
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He was the Nazi Batchelor. Do try to keep up.
by Anonymous | reply 6 | July 6, 2025 1:01 AM
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Lili Damita was his beard. Flynn is Nicholas Galitzine's lover for the last six years.
by Anonymous | reply 7 | July 6, 2025 1:05 AM
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R1 couldn’t be bothered to even read OP
by Anonymous | reply 8 | July 6, 2025 1:18 AM
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I knew Errol Flynn. I got my first anal wart from Errol Flynn. Errol Flynn was a friend of mine. OP you're no Errol Flynn.
by Anonymous | reply 9 | July 6, 2025 2:45 AM
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r2 = r3= r4 = r5 = r6 = r7
You're not doing well.
by Anonymous | reply 10 | July 6, 2025 2:54 AM
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Wrong about r2, r10. But coŕrect about the rest.
by Anonymous | reply 11 | July 6, 2025 3:04 AM
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Ricky Nelson bought EF’s property.
by Anonymous | reply 12 | July 6, 2025 3:04 AM
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R10 except for your anal warts you're doing well
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 13 | July 6, 2025 3:18 AM
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R10 / R11 patting themselves on their back (fat)
by Anonymous | reply 14 | July 6, 2025 3:35 AM
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For as big of a star as he was, you'd think he'd have made better films.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 15 | July 6, 2025 4:44 AM
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Captain Blood, The Adventures of Robin Hood, The Sea Hawk, The Charge of the Light Brigade, They Died With Their Boots On, Gentleman Jim, Dodge City, and Virginia City were all good to great movies.
by Anonymous | reply 16 | July 6, 2025 5:06 AM
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What about the body odor?
by Anonymous | reply 18 | July 6, 2025 5:30 AM
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[quote] The bar contained "a secret door as high as the bar and all the way to the floor." Robert Matzen and Mike Mazzone, two obsessive Flynnophiles who broke into the Mulholland home in the late eighties to scope it out for themselves, examined the secret passage. "It opens directly into a cramped triangular sitting room with a view through another two-way mirror into the women's bathroom ... Flynn's first voyeuristic device."
Why would he have a separate bathroom women? It was his home, not a nightclub.
by Anonymous | reply 19 | July 6, 2025 5:35 AM
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Thank you, R18! I even went to the article's main page and found nothing about body odor.
by Anonymous | reply 21 | July 6, 2025 5:42 AM
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The women's bathroom would have been a "powder room" with a vanity and sitting area.
by Anonymous | reply 22 | July 6, 2025 5:43 AM
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Imagine being so mesmerised by celebrity that you cut the venereal warts off a dead man's penis because you wanted a souvenir that badly.
Was the pathologist a datalounger?
by Anonymous | reply 23 | July 6, 2025 5:46 AM
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The Nelsons said it had very bad vibes. Although the best picture of Rick ever was taken over the pool at night.
by Anonymous | reply 24 | July 6, 2025 5:49 AM
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No. I don't know the one.
by Anonymous | reply 25 | July 6, 2025 5:54 AM
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Gunnar Nelson talking about the house's bad vibes, and other things about the house, and his parents. (Talking to Jordan from the Daze with Jordan the Lion YouTube channel).
Skip to @ 4:00.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 26 | July 6, 2025 5:56 AM
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Justin Timberlake owns the property now! (After Helen Hunt built a new home on it in 1988.
by Anonymous | reply 28 | July 6, 2025 10:08 AM
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Florence Aadland whose daughter Beverly had a long affair with him starting when she was 15 up until his death talked about his horrible body odor and Beverly trying to convince him to use deodorant. He wouldn’t because he said that was for women. His liver was basically pickled at that point. You need to read “The Big Love,” which is the campiest, trashiest book in history written by Flo.
by Anonymous | reply 29 | July 6, 2025 7:56 PM
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Errol’s son who went missing was hotter than he was and had a bigger dick.
by Anonymous | reply 30 | July 6, 2025 7:56 PM
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^ Was he a Batchillar like his dad?
by Anonymous | reply 31 | July 6, 2025 8:04 PM
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R11 What are you talking about?
by Anonymous | reply 32 | July 6, 2025 8:12 PM
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R32, r11 is referring to the troll behind posts 3-7, 13 and 14, etc.
by Anonymous | reply 33 | July 6, 2025 11:06 PM
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R33 Oops, I meant that for R31, not R11.
by Anonymous | reply 34 | July 6, 2025 11:08 PM
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Most active alcoholics neglect their hygiene. Flynn was definitely an active drunk. And so self destructive. I will never understand why he wanted to destroy himself. He wasn’t even able to serve in WW II because his drinking damaged his heart and he also had a couple of chronic STDS. And he was happy. All of that male pulchritude was wasted on him. He was a beautiful man.He seemed almost delighted to drag all of his wives down with him too. Oh well…
by Anonymous | reply 35 | July 6, 2025 11:29 PM
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“ 🎵: Body odor,
two-way mirrors,
and VD warts🎵;
🎵These are a few of my favorite things!”
“ My Favorite Things” from that much loved 1959 musical, **The Smell of Mucous”, by Rogered and Halloweenerstein
by Anonymous | reply 36 | July 6, 2025 11:52 PM
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R35 - I read his Wiki. He sounds like he was a sociopathic narcissist.
Hot AF, though.
by Anonymous | reply 37 | July 7, 2025 7:17 AM
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