Sunday, June 22, 2014
'Out of the Past' declared best film noir of all time
Wednesday, November 27, 2013
Happy Thanksgiving!
Leave it to ROBERT MITCHUM. He not only cooks, he also cleans up!
Mitchum with sons Jim and Christopher (via OutofthePastblog.com)
Mitchum washing dishes at Chauteau Marmont, c. 1949.
Monday, April 22, 2013
Mitchum Movies 'Cape Fear,' 'The Night of the Hunter,' 'River of No Return' at TCM Classic Film Fest
FRIDAY, APRIL 26:
'The Night of the Hunter' screens in 35 mm at the Egyptian Theatre at 9:15 a.m
'River of No Return' screens in 35mm at the Chinese Multiplex 6 at 12:00 p.m.
With producer Stanley Rubin in attendance
SATURDAY, APRIL 27:
'Cape Fear' screens in 35mm at the Egyptian Theatre at 9:00 a.m. With Barrie Chase (who played Gregory Peck's daughter) in attendance
Buy tickets online
Sunday, April 14, 2013
Nudist Who Threatened President Obama Claims to be Mitchum's Illegitimate Daughter
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| Robert and Catherine Pierce, courtesy Daily Camera |
The DailyCaller reports that Catherine Pierce and her husband Robert are known in Boulder, CO. for "stridently defending their right to walk around in public nearly naked." They were detained for questioning by the Secret Service in Marblehead, Ohio after a waitress overheard Robert Pierce say he was going to “kill Obama and take him down,” according to the Daily Camera. Employees at the cafe described the pair as "very unstable."
Police found a disassembled .22-caliber rifle in the trunk of the pair’s rental car, along with .22- and .38-caliber ammunition, but neither were arrested or charged.
The Pierces are known for gardening in nearly nothing: Catherine, 55, is often topless while her Robert, 62, wears nothing but a thong. The couple live near a school and parents have filed numerous complaints about the duo's failure to cover up.
They're not actually breaking any laws: since the 1980s, it's been legal in Boulder for women to bare their breasts in public, but enough people complained about the Pierces that, in 2010, the city council considered changing the law. The couple filed a lawsuit seeking $100 million in damages, claiming harassment by neighbors and police.
Robert Pierce has told the police that he was the illegitimate son of former President Dwight Eisenhower. On her Facebook page, Catherine Piece lists herself as a “news personality” and claims to be the illegitimate child of late actor Robert Mitchum.
That's even more amusing since Eisenhower disliked Mitchum so much, he refused to have the bad boy actor's films show in the White House.
Sunday, February 10, 2013
Picture of the day: Mitchum and Jane Russell
ROBERT MITCHUM, Jane Russell and William Talman (far right) visiting a polio ward at St. Francis Hospital (presumably Colorado Springs). According to the archive, they were in town for the premiere of One Minute to Zero. Perry Mason regular Talman was in the film with Mitchum but Russell was not. (The film costarred Ann Blyth as Mitchum's love interest.)
Photo from Stewarts Commercial Photographers, 1952. Copyright Pikes Peak Library District, courtesy of Special Collection.
Monday, January 21, 2013
"The Big Sleep" Director Michael Winner Dies
Mitchum, Joan Collins and Michael Winner. Photo courtesy of the Joan Collins Archive.
Michael Winner, the director of films including the Charles Bronson Death Wish films and the original The Mechanic (recently remade with Jason Statham) has died at age 77. The British director had been in ill health for a number of years, according to the Guardian UK.
He made his debut as a writer-director with the 1960 crime thriller Shoot to Kill. He went on to direct The System, starring Oliver Reed, whom he'd work with again on several films, including the critically panned 1978 remake of The Big Sleep, starring ROBERT MITCHUM and Joan Collins. His last film, 1999's Parting Shots, reteamed him with Reed, who died that year.
His biggest success was with the 1974 drama Death Wish, which spawned two sequels.
Winner was reportedly offered an OBE in 2006 but turned it down, saying, "An OBE is what you get if you clean the toilets well at King's Cross station." Mitchum and Winner reportedly didn't get along -- Mitchum once punned that Winner was really a "loser" -- but that's the kind of gesture Mitchum would have admired.
Saturday, January 12, 2013
New Mitchum Films on DVD and Blu-Ray:
Films of ROBERT MITCHUM's that are new to DVD or Blu-Ray include: Blu-Ray
Cape Fear: One of Mitchum's most enduring performances as the terrifying ex-con Max Cady is now available on Blu-Ray.
Pursued. This terrific noirish western, co-starring Theresa Russell, is also available on DVD.
DVD
My Forbidden Past: A New Orleans romance with Ava Gardner that has been unavailable in any format for many years.
One Shoe Makes It Murder: A little-seen 1982 TV movie co-starring Angie Dickinson.
Promises to Keep. This 1985 TV movie featured the only time that Mitchum co-starred with both his son Christopher and grandson Bentley. It's long been unavailable, but is finally on DVD.
Going Home: This long out-of-print thriller from 1971 co-stars Brenda Vacarro and Jan-Michael Vincent.
The Wrath of God . In an update of sorts on The Night of the Hunter, Mitchum plays a gun-toting "priest" in Latin America in this 1972 film.
Foreign Intrigue. Sadly, one of Mitchum's worst films, this muddled 1956 spy film is laughably awful but if you're a completist, it's now on DVD in a set that also includes the 1958 Michael Redgrave version of The Quiet American.
Amazon Instant Video
Thompson's Last Run. Another 1980s TV movie: This one is from 1986, co-starring Wilfred Brimley as a cop pursuing his old pal and criminal, Mitchum.
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