Editing Errol Flynn (section)

==Early career==
===''In the Wake of the Bounty'' (1933)===
Australian filmmaker [[Charles Chauvel (filmmaker)|Charles Chauvel]] was making a film about the [[Mutiny on the Bounty|mutiny on the ''Bounty'']], ''[[In the Wake of the Bounty]]'' (1933), a combination of dramatic re-enactments of the mutiny and a documentary on present-day [[Pitcairn Islands|Pitcairn Island]]. Chauvel was looking for someone to play the role of [[Fletcher Christian]]. There are different stories about the way Flynn was cast. According to one, Chauvel saw his picture in an article about a yacht wreck involving Flynn.<ref name="kelly">{{cite news|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/128376848|title=It All Began With a Feature Movie On The Kelly Gang.|newspaper=[[The News (Adelaide)|The News]]|location=Adelaide|date=16 November 1946|access-date=20 February 2014|page=2|via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> The most popular account is that he was discovered by cast member [[John Warwick]]. The film was not a strong success at the box office, but Flynn was the lead role, leading him to travel to Britain in late 1933 to pursue a career in acting.

=== Britain ===
Flynn got work as an extra in a film, ''[[I Adore You (film)|I Adore You]]'' (1933), produced by [[Irving Asher]] for Warner Bros. He soon secured a job with the [[Northampton]] Repertory Company at the town's Royal Theatre (now part of [[Royal & Derngate]]), where he worked and received his training as a professional actor for seven months. He performed at the 1934 [[Malvern, Worcestershire|Malvern]] Festival and in [[Glasgow]], and briefly in London's West End.<ref name="Connelly">{{Cite book|author=Connelly, Gerry|title=Errol Flynn in Northampton|year=1998|publisher=Domra Publications|isbn=978-0-9524417-2-4}}</ref>

In 1934, Flynn was dismissed from Northampton Rep. after he threw a female stage manager down a stairwell. He returned to London. Asher cast him as the lead in ''[[Murder at Monte Carlo]]'', a "[[Cinematograph Films Act 1927|quota quickie]]" made by Warner Brothers at their [[Teddington Studios]] in Middlesex. The movie was not widely seen (it is a [[lost film]]), but Asher was enthusiastic about Flynn's performance and cabled Warner Bros in Hollywood, recommending him for a contract. Executives agreed, and Flynn was sent to Los Angeles.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/nationalarchive/news/mostwanted/murder-at-monte-carlo.html|title=Murder at Monte Carlo|publisher=British Film Institute|date=23 December 2010|access-date=18 February 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314073323/http://www.bfi.org.uk/nationalarchive/news/mostwanted/murder-at-monte-carlo.html|archive-date=14 March 2012}}</ref>