'Out of the Past' Comes to Blu-ray: All Mitchum Films on Blu-ray

The great 1947 film noir Out of the Past is now on Blu-ray. Recently named as the greatest noir of all time, it stars ROBERT MITCHUM, Jane Greer, and Kirk Douglas. Buy it now at Amazon.

Here's the other Mitchum films that are out on Blu-ray:

Cape Fear (1962) The thriller stars Mitchum as sadistic ex-con Max Cady, who is out for revenge against his former lawyer, Gregory Peck.

Dead Man (1995) Mitchum's last theatrical film. He has a small role in this Jim Jarmusch western, starring Johnny Depp.

El Dorado (1967) Two legends, Mitchum and John Wayne, team up in this Howard Hawks classic western.

The Grass is Greener (1960) Mitchum co-stars with Deborah Kerr, Cary Grant and Jean Simmons in this romantic comedy.

The Longest Day (1962) Mitchum helps lead an all-star cast (including John Wayne and Henry Fonda) in this epic movie about the Normandy Invasion of World War II.

Midway (1976) Mitchum has a small role in this World War II drama about the Battle of Midway, which stars Charlton Heston and Henry Fonda.

The Night of the Hunter (1955) Mitchum stars as murderous preacher Harry Powell, who pursues two children for a hidden fortune. Based on the Davis Grubb novel.

Pursued. (1947) This terrific noirish western, co-starring Theresa Russell, is also available on DVD.

The Red Pony (1949) Mitchum co-stars with Myrna Loy in this adaptation of the John Steinbeck short story.

For a complete list of Mitchum films on DVD and Blu-ray please see: Mitchum Films A-Z.

Jean Simmons Dead at Age 80

Very sad to share the news that actress Jean Simmons has died of lung cancer at the age of 80. Simmons is well-known for her roles in Guys and Dolls and Spartacus, but ROBERT MITCHUM fans will also remember her as a femme fatale in the noir Angel Face. She also starred with Mitchum in the comedy She Couldn't Say No and The Grass is Greener.

She was married to actor Stewart Granger and under contract to movie mogul Howard Hughes. "I was married to Jimmy (Granger's real name was James Stewart), so Hughes remained at a distance," she recalled years later. "But those movies! So terrible they aren't even on videocassettes." Of course, Angel Face has benefited from the resurrection of many film noirs that were overlooked in their day.

The Washington Post gives this account of her time with Hughes:
Ms. Simmons was wildly miscast in a series of lurid dramas and second-rate adventure and historical films ....

Hughes reportedly refused to lend her to another studio for the leading female role in "Roman Holiday" (1953), which made a star and Oscar-winner of Audrey Hepburn. Granger later wrote in his memoir that Ms. Simmons's relationship with Hughes deteriorated so badly that the producer cast her as a murderess in the drama "Angel Face" (1952), with Robert Mitchum, and reportedly ordered director Otto Preminger to be rough with her.

Preminger demanded repeated takes of Mitchum's character slapping Ms. Simmons, and the actress's face became redder and redder. Finally, according to Granger, Mitchum punched Preminger, asking how that take was, or "Would you like another, Otto?

Good to know she had Bob on her side. RIP, Jean

Jean Simmons Admits Mitchum Affair

From NewKerala.com

London, Jun 24 : English actress Jean Simmons has opened up about her affair with late American actor ROBERT MITCHUM.

Simmons, 80, and the tough-guy actor had acted together in the Fifties in films such as Otto Preminger's 'Angel Face' and Stanley Donen's 'Grass Is Greener'.

The actress had previously spoken only about her fondness for her late co-star, but she now has revealed that there was more than just friendship between them.

"All right, then - Robert Mitchum," the Daily Express quoted her as saying when asked if she had off-screen dalliances.

"He was a real man. He was a ladies' man and a man's man. He was also extremely bright, despite those sleepy eyes," she added.

Jean added that she admired other Hollywood leading men.

"I had two big loves: Spencer Tracy, whom I adored, and Larry Olivier," she told Saga magazine, "but they were not sexual relationships."