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ERROL FLYNN (1909-1959)A FULL LENGTH WOOL CAPE FROM 'THE ADVENTURES OF DON JUAN'
Lot 534 Property from the Collection of David Gainsborough Roberts

ERROL FLYNN (1909-1959)A FULL LENGTH WOOL CAPE FROM 'THE ADVENTURES OF DON JUAN'

BY LEAH RHODES, WILLIAM TRAVILLA AND MARJORIE BEST, CIRCA 1947

Closed14 September 2016

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ERROL FLYNN (1909-1959)
A FULL LENGTH WOOL CAPE FROM 'THE ADVENTURES OF DON JUAN'
BY LEAH RHODES, WILLIAM TRAVILLA AND MARJORIE BEST, CIRCA 1947
With Warner Bros. label, 'DATE: 10.3.47', PROD. 691/ NAME: ERROL FLYNN/ 2365, SIZE:/ DOUBLE #3'; together with a sage green cotton wrap-over jerkin, similarly labelled.

John Kobal Collection.
Christie's, South Kensington, 17 December 1992, lot 116.

Specialist note

The Adventures of Don Juan won the second Academy Award ever to be given for best costume design in a colour film. Errol Flynn was well known as a real-life Don Juan and his role in the film contained elements of self-spoofery. (See Thomas (Tony), Behlmer (Rudy) and McCarty (Clifford): Classic Film Scores for Errol Flynn).

The word Double inscribed on the label indicates that this costume was duplicated for the film, however the additional inscription of the star's name means that this was Errol Flynn's costume.