Please note that this is in release order. Will enter more actual release dates as they become available. If you have sources for more dates, don't hesitate to e-mail (please note that the date of a preview screening does not count as the day of release). Errol Flynn has star billing unless otherwise noted. An asterisk ("*") beside the title means it is available on video in North America; in time I'll have a page with assorted video access info as well:

1930's · 1940's · 1950's

• In the Wake of the Bounty*

  Expeditionary Films Production · dir. Charles Chauvel

  Comments: Filmed in Sydney, Australia & Tahiti.
  

• Murder at Monte Carlo

  Warner Bros. First National (Europe) · dir. Ralph Ince

  Comments: 2nd billing · Filmed in England · Believed to be missing.

• The Case of the Curious Bride

  Warner Bros. - First National (WB-FN)
  · dir. Mike Curtiz

  w/Warren William & Claire Dodd

  Comments: 13th billing · Bit parts include brief appearance as a corpse

• Don't Bet on Blondes

  Warner Bros. · dir. Robert Florey

  Warren William, Guy Kibbee, Clair Dodd

  Comments: 8th billing

• Captain Blood* · December, 1935

  Cosmopolitan/Warner Bros. · dir. Mike Curtiz

  Olivia de Havilland, Lionel Atwill, Basil Rathbone,
  Ross Alexander, Guy Kibbee

  Music by Erich Wolfgang Korngold

  Comments: Character based in part on legendary pirate Captain Morgan
  · Academy Award Nominee for Best Picture
  

• Pirate Party on Catalina Isle

  MGM · Technicolor · Continuity: Alexander Van Dorn

  Short film incorporating entertainment with stock footage of celebrities; Flynn appears briefly with wife Lili Damita.

• The Charge of the Light Brigade*

  Warner Bros. · dir. Mike Curtiz

  Olivia de Havilland, Patric Knowles,
  David Niven, Donald Crisp

  Music by Max Steiner

  Comments: Shot at studio & in Chico, CA
  · Set in the Crimean War · Spot the wedding ring!
  

• The Green Light

  Cosmopolitan/Warner Bros. · dir. Frank Borzage

  Anita Louise, Sir Cedric Hardwicke, Spring Byington

  Music by Max Steiner

• The Prince and the Pauper*

  Warner Bros. · dir. William Keighley

  Mauch Twins, Claude Rains, Alan Hale

  Music by Erich Wolfgang Korngold

  Comments: This is really the Twins' film.

• Another Dawn

  Warner Bros. · dir. William Dieterle

  Kay Francis, Ian Hunter

  Music by Erich Wolfgang Korngold

• The Perfect Specimen

  Warner Bros. · dir. Mike Curtiz

  Joan Blondell, Hugh Herbert, Edward Everett Horton

  Comments: Spot the wedding ring!
  

• The Adventures of Robin Hood *

  WB-FN · Technicolor · dirs. M. Curtiz & W. Keighley

  Olivia de Havilland, Basil Rathbone, Claude Rains, Patric Knowles, Alan Hale, Una O'Connor, Eugene Pallette, Ian Hunter, Melville Cooper

  Music by Erich Wolfgang Korngold

  Comments: Winner Academy Awards for Art Direction & Best Original Score
  · Filmed at studio & on location in Chico, CA
  · Regarded as the definitive film version of Robin Hood. · (there's a car in a shot - e-mail me for details)

• Four's a Crowd

  Warner Bros. · dir. Mike Curtiz

  Olivia de Havilland, Rosalind Russell, Patric Knowles, Walter Connolly, Hugh Herbert, Franklin Pangborn, Margaret Hamilton, Melville Cooper
  

  Comments: Spot the wedding ring!

• The Sisters*

  Warner Bros. · dir. Anatole Litvak

  Bette Davis, Anita Louise, Ian Hunter, Donald Crisp,
  Alan Hale, Beulah Bondi, Patric Knowles

  Music by Max Steiner

  Comments: This is really a Bette Davis film.

• The Dawn Patrol*

  Warner Bros. · dir. Edmund Goulding

  David Niven, Basil Rathbone, Donald Crisp,
  Melville Cooper

  Music by Max Steiner

  Comments: Not a single female appears in this film
  

• Dodge City* · April 1st, 1939

  Warner Bros. · Technicolor · dir. Mike Curtiz

  Olivia de Havilland, Ann Sheridan, Bruce Cabot, Frank McHugh, Alan Hale, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams

  Music by Max Steiner

  Comments: Flynn's first western

• The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
  aka Elizabeth the Queen · December 1st, 1939
  

  WB-FN · Technicolor · dir. Mike Curtiz
  

  Bette Davis, Olivia de Havilland, Donald Crisp,
  Alan Hale, Vincent Price

  Music by Erich Wolfgang Korngold

  Comments: 2nd billing

• Virginia City*

  WB-FN · dir. Mike Curtiz

  Miriam Hopkins, Randolph Scott, Frank McHugh,
  Alan Hale, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Humphrey Bogart, Spencer Charters, Ward Bond, George Reeves

  Comments: Check out Bogey trying to play a Mexicano · Look for George Reeves if you can - he's in there somewhere!

• The Sea Hawk* · August, 1940

  WB-FN · dir. Mike Curtiz

  Brenda Marshall, Claude Rains, Flora Robson, Donald Crisp, Alan Hale, Una O'Connor, Gilbert Roland

  Music by Erich Wolfgang Korngold

  Comments: Released with extended epilogue (now avail. on video) · Released in B+W with New World sequences in sepia (also on video)
  · Based on Sir Francis Drake and the "Sea Dog" privateers of the 1500s (NOT the Sabatini novel!).

• Santa Fe Trail*

  WB-FN · dir. Mike Curtiz

  Olivia de Havilland, Ronald Reagan, Raymond Massey, Van Heflin, Alan Hale,
  Guinn "Big Boy" Williams

  Music by Max Steiner

  Comments: Twisted account of Jeb Stuart and Abolitionist John Brown, with de Havilland as Kit Carson and Ronald Reagan as George Custer
  

• Footsteps in the Dark*

  WB-FN · dir. Lloyd Bacon

  Brenda Marshall, Ralph Bellamy, Allen Jenkins,
  Alan Hale, William Frawley

• Dive Bomber * · August 15, 1941

  WB-FN · Technicolor · dir. Mike Curtiz

  Alexis Smith, Fred MacMurray, Ralph Bellamy,
  Allen Jenkins, Gig Young, Alan Hale Jr.

  Music by Max Steiner

  Comments: Shot in part on location at San Diego Naval Air Station
  

• They Died With Their Boots On*
  · January 1st, 1942 ·

  WB-FN · dir. Raoul Walsh

  Olivia de Havilland, Arthur Kennedy, Hattie McDaniel, Anthony Quinn,Sydney Greenstreet

  Music by Max Steiner

  Comments: Final film with de Havilland
  · Divorce from first wife Lili Damita during filming
  · Largely fictional account of the career of George Armstrong Custer

• Desperate Journey* · August 18, 1942

  WB-FN · dir. Raoul Walsh

  Ronald Reagan, Raymond Massey,
  Arthur Kennedy, Alan Hale

  Music by Max Steiner

• Gentleman Jim*

  WB-FN · dir. Raoul Walsh

  Alexis Smith, Alan Hale, Ward Bond, Jack Carson, William Frawley

  Comments: In first-run theatres during statutory rape trial· Based on boxer James J. Corbett; Ward Bond as John L. Sullivan · Flynn reportedly collapsed on the set from a mild heart attack during climactic fight

• Edge of Darkness* · March 23, 1943

  WB-FN · dir. Lewis Milestone

  Ann Sheridan, Walter Huston

  Music by Franz Waxman

  Comments: First film shot after the statutory rape trial

• Thank Your Lucky Stars*

  WB-FN · Flynn's musical sequence dir. Raoul Walsh

  Eddie Cantor film with all-star cast

  Comments: Flynn sequence was filmed during statutory rape trial

• Northern Pursuit* · October 25, 1943

  WB-FN · dir. Raoul Walsh

  w/ Gene Lockhart
  

• Uncertain Glory*

  WB-FN · dir. Raoul Walsh

  Paul Lukas, Jean Sullivan

  Comments: Signs of declining health from substance abuse VERY noticeable in shots
  

• Objective, Burma!* · February 15, 1945

  WB-FN · dir. Raoul Walsh

  w/George Tobias

  Music by Franz Waxman

  Coments: Effective semi-documentary style, but portrayal of Japanese soldiers is unconvincing and borders on cartoony

• San Antonio*

  WB-FN · Technicolor · dir. David Butler
  

  Alexis Smith, S. Z. Sakall, Doodles Weaver

  Music by Max Steiner
  

• Never Say Goodbye*

  WB-FN · dir. James V. Kern

  Eleanor Parker, S. Z. Sakall, Forrest Tucker,
  Hattie McDaniel
  

• Cry Wolf*

  WB-FN · dir. Peter Godfrey

  Barbara Stanwick, Gerladine Brooks,
  Richard Basehart

  Comments: Campy noir film

• Escape Me Never*

  WB-FN · dir. Peter Godfrey

  Ida Lupino, Eleanor Parker, Gig Young,
  Reginald Denny

  Music by Erich Wolfgang Korngold

  Comments: Most likely filmed right after Never Say Good-bye

• Always Together

  WB · dir. Frederick de Cordova

  Joyce Reynolds, Robert Hutton, Ernest Truex

  Comments: Miscellaneous notable Warner stars including Flynn appear in fantasy flashbacks throughout the film.
  

• Silver River*

  WB-FN · dir. Raoul Walsh

  Ann Sheridan, Thomas Mitchell

  Comments: Music by Max Steiner
  

• Adventures of Don Juan*

  WB-FN · Technicolor · dir. Vincent Sherman

  Viveca Lindfors, Alan Hale, Robert Douglas,
  Una O'Connor, Raymond Burr

  Music by Max Steiner (used again for Zorro, The Gay Blade)

  Comments: Cameo appearance by second wife Nora Eddington-Flynn
  · Shots recycled from Adventures of Robin Hood
  and The Private Lives of Elizabeth & Essex

• It's a Great Feeling*

  WB-FN · Technicolor · dir. David Butler

  Doris Day, Jack Carson, Dennis Morgan,
  and an all-star cast

  Music by Jule Styne and Sammy Cahn

  Comments: Flynn appears in cameo for the film's punchline
  

• That Forsyte Woman*

  MGM · Technicolor · dir. Compton Bennett

  Greer Garson, Walter Pigeon, Robert Young,
  Janet Leigh
  

• Montana*

  WB-FN · Technicolor · dir. Ray Enright

  Alexis Smith, S. Z. Sakall

• Rocky Mountain

  WB-FN · dir. William Keighley

  Patrice Wymore, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams,
  Slim Pickens

  Music by Max Steiner

  Comments: Flynn meets and eventually marries co-star Wymore · Flynn's final western
  

• Kim*

  MGM · Technicolor · dir. Victor Saville

  Dean Stockwell, Paul Lukas, Robert Douglas

  Music by André Previn

  Comments: Some locations shot in India

• Hello God

  Written, produced, & directed by William Marshall

  Comments: Shot in USA and Italy between location and local shooting schedules for Kim · Released sporadically in Europe

• Adventures of Captain Fabian

  Silver Films/ Republic · dir. William Marshall

  Vincent Price, Agnes Moorehead

  Comments: Screenplay by Flynn
  

• Mara Maru

  WB-FN · dir. Gordon Douglas

  Ruth Roman, Raymond Burr

  Music by Max Steiner

  Comments: Shots filmed around So. California

• Against All Flags

  Universal-International · Technicolor
  · dir. George Sherman

  Maureen O'Hara, Anthony Quinn

  Comments: Broke ankle during shooting

• Cruise of the Zaca

  Warner Bros. · dir. Errol Flynn

  Prof. Theodore Flynn (Errol's Dad),
  2nd wife Nora Eddington-Flynn-Haymes,
  artist John Decker, archer Howard Hill,
  Prof. Carl Hubbs of Scripps Institute

  Comments: Documentary and travelogue from footage filmed in 1946 · Flynn narrates

• Deep Sea Fishing

  Distributor uncredited · Supervision: Howard Hill

  Howard Hill with Flynn et al

  Comments: A home movie demonstrating the legendary archer's finesse with bow and arrow while at sea · Allegedly filmed during the excursion for The Cruise of the Zaca
  

• The Master of Ballantrae*

  Warner Bros. · Technicolor · dir. William Keighley

  w/Roger Livesey

  Comments: Filmed in England
  

• Crossed Swords

  Viva Films/United Artists · Pathécolor
  · dir. Milton Krims

  w/Gina Lollobrigida

  Comments: Filmed in Italy

• William Tell

  (no distributor) · dir. Jack Cardiff

  Bruce Cabot, Antonella Lualdi

  Comments: Incomplete and unreleased
  · Filmed in Italy
  

• Let's Make Up*
  aka Lilacs in the Spring

  Everest Pictures/United Artists · Eastmancolor · dir. Herbert Wilcox

  Anna Neagle, David Farrar, Peter Graves

  Comments: Released in the USA in B+W
  Filmed in England

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• The Warriors*
  aka The Dark Avenger

  Allied Artists/20th Century Fox · Eastmancolor
  · dir. Henry Levin

  Joanne Dru, Peter Finch

  Comments: Filmed in Hertfordshire, England

• King's Rhapsody*

  Everest Pictures/United Artists · Eastmancolor
  · dir. Herbert Wilcox

  Anna Neagle, Patrice Wymore

  Comments: Filmed in England in CinemaScope
  

• Istanbul*

  Universal-International · Technicolor
  · dir. Joseph Pevney

  Cornell Borchers, Peggy Knudsen, Nat King Cole,
  Werner Klemperer

  Comments: Nat King Cole's screen debut
  · Filmed in CinemaScope
  

• The Big Boodle*
  aka Night in Havana

  Monteflor/United Artists · dir. Richard Wilson

  Rossana Rory, Gia Scala

  Comments: Filmed on location in Havana
  

• The Sun Also Rises

  20th Century Fox · Color by DeLuxe · dir. Henry King

  Tyrone Power, Ava Gardner, Mel Ferrer, Eddie Albert

  Comments: 4th billing · Filmed in CinemaScope
  · Filmed in Paris, Pamplona, Biarritz, as well as
  in Mexico in Morelia & Mexico City
  

• Too Much, Too Soon

  Warner Bros. · dir. Art Napoleon

  Dorothy Malone, Efrem Zimbalist Jr.

  Comments: Flynn does an exceptional portrayal of John Barrymore · Receives 2nd billing

• The Roots of Heaven

  20th Century Fox · color by DeLuxe · dir. John Huston

  Juliette Greco, Trevor Howard, Eddie Albert,
  Orson Welles, Paul Lukas, Herbert Lom

  Comments: Filmed in Africa and Paris in CinemaScope
  

• Cuban Rebel Girls*
  aka Attack of the Cuban Rebel Girls

  Exploit Films/Joseph Brenner Associates · dir. Barry Mahon

  w/Beverly Aadland

  Comments: Filmed in Cuba and New York City · Flynn also narrates · (It would be cool if Bad Brains did an MST3K to this one)
  

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