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Robert Mitchum Video #3 ~ Calypso is Like So... Playlist
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
If you are not at least somewhat amused by this album, you have no soul. My favorites are "Coconut Water" and "From a Logical Point of View". Some lyrical gems include:
from a logical point of view
better marry a woman uglier than you
from a logical point of view
always marry a woman uglier than yo read more
Robert Mitchum Portraits
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
These lovely scans of Robert Mitchum come via Kate Gabrielle who hails from the blog Silents and Talkies (as well as many other blogs too). She took them from the book Film Star Portraits of the Fiities by John Kobal. Thanks Kate!
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Robert Mitchum sings... Calypso?!
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
All you need to record a Calypso album is a bottle of rum and a hot chick. Right?
The last thing you think of when the name "Robert Mitchum" comes to mind is Calypso music. That along with puppies, rainbows and soft fluffy clouds. This big lug of a man didn't seem quite suited to the fun and lively read more
Robert Mitchum Video #6 ~ Mitchum on What's My Line?
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
Robert Mitchum was known amongst his drinking buddies as a great impersonator. He had an art for doing impressions and various accents and voices (although he couldn't quite master the Irish accent or the Boston accent in movies such as Ryan's Daughter and The Friends of Eddie Coyle, respectively). read more
Robert Mitchum Video #2 ~ "The Ballad of Thunder Road"
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
The theme song of Thunder Road (1958) was co-written and sung by Robert Mitchum.
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Robert Mitchum is Dead
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
Well deh.
People have been talking about a Norwegian film entitled Robert Mitchum is Dead. The film will premiere on May 15th at the Cannes Film Festival. What is the movie about? I have no idea! What does it have to do with Robert Mitchum? Beats me!
After some research, the only description I cou read more
Robert Mitchum Video #1 ~ The Reluctant Star
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
This is an hour long documentary on the career of Robert Mitchum, provided to you by Hulu.com.
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Robert Mitchum Video #5 ~ Mitchum on the Dick Cavett Show
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
This is a really great interview with Robert Mitchum done by the legendary Dick Cavett. It's pretty clear that Cavett is a bit afraid of bad boy Robert Mitchum. Mitchum was such a great storyteller though and Cavett really brought that out of the people he interviewed, by asking the right questions read more
More Robert Mitchum Video goodness
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
Here is another Mitchum skit from Saturday Night Live with Dana Carvey and Phil Hartmann called "The Beggar". It's not particularly good. Death Be Not Deadly is much better.
Now all I need to find is "Out of Gas", the skit with Jane Greer and Robert Mitchum written by Mitchum's daughter Trina. From read more
It's a Veritable Robert Mitchum Explosion
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
So I've been preparing for months. And months. And months for a Robert Mitchum Week. A follow up on my highly successful Norma Shearer Week. It made sense. Norma Shearer is my favorite actress so why wouldn't I do a second themed week with my favorite actor Robert Mitchum.
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Robert Mitchum Video #4 ~ The Night of the Hunter (1955)
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Nov 30, -0001
The famous scene from The Night of the Hunter (1955) in which Robert Mitchum's character Harry Powell tells the story of Love versus Hate (Good versus Evil) using the tattoos on his knuckles and by dueling with his fists. This scene has become iconic in film history and is referenced in Spike Lee's read more