‘Hey Mom, look! There’s Dad!’ In the shadow of movie star Robert Mitchum
Railroad hoboing, calypso music, antagonizing Hopalong Cassidy, shooting rifles, riding horses, famous neighbors, parental discipline, and acting with his dad in “Promises to Keep” decode an exclusive Chris Mitchum interview divulged below. Plagued by emphysema, 76-year-old Montecito, California, resident Robert Mitchum nevertheless surrenders to no one in this striking January 1994 candid taken about a month after the distribution of Kurt Russell and Val Kilmer’s “Tombstone.” Mitchum provided the opening narration for the blockbuster western. He was forced to withdraw from the role of “Old Man Clanton” when his back failed him after a day in the saddle according to biographer Lee Server. The film noir antihero terrorized moviegoers in “The Night of the Hunter” as well as the original “Cape Fear” but criminally received his sole Oscar nomination as Best Supporting Actor for the World War II film that made him a household name, “The Story of G.I. Joe,” for director Wild Bill Wellman in 1945. Photography by Richard Avedon
The Chris Mitchum Interview, Part Five [Conclusion]
Retro pop culture interviews & lovin’ something fierce sustain this University of Georgia Master of Agricultural Leadership alum. Email: jeremylr@windstream.net
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Retro pop culture interviews & lovin’ something fierce sustain this University of Georgia Master of Agricultural Leadership alum. Email: jeremylr@windstream.net
