Tragedy On Set: "They Died with Their Boots On" | Horrorwood: True Crime in Tinseltown

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In the early part of the 20th century Hollywood studios weren't too concerned with minor details like "safety" or "animal rights." It was all about the bottom line. Unfortunately this put countless humans and animals in harm's way, and on the set of the 1941 film "They Died with Their Boots On" (the irony of that title is not lost on us) a total of three men lost their lives. Honestly, we're surprised it wasn't more.

Episode Sources:

“They Died With Their Boots On: overdressed, overblown and so over” by Alex von Tunzelmann, The Guardian, Feb 11, 2009

“Behind the scene of They Died With Their Boots On!” By Dan Gagliasso, The Errol Flynn Blog, Jan 14, 2015

“They Died with Their Boots On (1942)” TCM - articles, by Jeff Stafford

“10 Movie Stunts You Didn't Know Had Killed People: The Cavalry Charge - ‘They Died With Their Boots On’” What Culture

Budlong Genealogy

“Variety Confidential’ Revisits the Errol Flynn Trial That Became a Media Circus” hosted by Tracy Pattin and co-hosted by Matt Donnelly, Jan 24, 2024

“My Wicked, Wicked Ways” by Errol Flynn, 1959

“The history of the unions” SAG-AFTRA

“Mention of Aherns in Newspaper Stories 1930-1940”

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