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From: bole@hmivax.humgen.upenn.edu (Greg Bole)
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Subject: Re: Movie legends
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In article <1992Jul1.203446.22549@leland.Stanford.EDU>,
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jon@leland.Stanford.EDU (Jon Corelis) writes:
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First of all Jon...great post! Thanks alot.
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> * The phrase "In like Flynn" originated as a coarse reference to
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> Errol Flynn's powers as a seducer.
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In November, 1942, Flynn was charged with statutory rape, arrested and
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brought to trial, then acquitted. He was charged with having sexual
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intercourse with two girls under the age of 18. (He was 33 at the time)
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According to "The Complete Films of Errol Flynn" (1969):
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"It was Flynn's belief that the Los Angeles district attorney had made
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him a scapegoat for Hollywood in order to discipline the film community."
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"He later admitted he had made an arrangement with a private aviator to
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fly him out of the country immediately had he not been acquitted."
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"Jerry Giesler (Flynn's ace lawyer) considered Flynn an excellent witness
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and thought that his gentlemanly demeanor throughout the trial had been an
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important factor."
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"A new phrase was added to the English language: 'In like Flynn'."
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