Great actor, masculine, no nonsense, intellectual, talented, singer, musician, poet, honest, interesting and direct. Very much missed. No phoniness about him. What you see is what you get and that is much more than you realize.
I went to a screening of OUT OF THE PAST around 1985, with Jane Greer as a special guest. Even though she was about 60 or 61 then, you could still see her beauty. And the stories she told about Mitchum were legendary. If they had had an opportunity to work together more, it would have been like Maureen O'Hara and John Wayne. What a pair together on screen.
Very true. Mitchum is part of that great generation of American Gentlemen (hard to find these days) that were part of the depression and WWII. Yes, you do get much more then what you see. A true icon. Wish we had more of them.
He was so refreshingly real. He did not suffer fools gladly, but was honest about it. Missing his generation very much. A lot of class is disappearing and will never return.
Jane Greer said "What did I know? Robert Mitchum used to look after me, and take care of me" I'm sure there are a million women out there today that would love to be able to say that?? Cheers people!
Damn he knew how to punch like proper punch in those fight sequences you can see it, even choreographed scenes you can pick out the real punchers with less camera angles and in general poorly coordinated sequences. His punches were as real to a street fight as you can get.
Apparently Mitchum had little to no coaching as he was just so naturalistic, He just seemed to be able to act straight off the cuff according to those that worked with him anyway.
Great actor, masculine, no nonsense, intellectual, talented, singer, musician, poet, honest, interesting and direct. Very much missed. No phoniness about him. What you see is what you get and that is much more than you realize.
I went to a screening of OUT OF THE PAST around 1985, with Jane Greer as a special guest. Even though she was about 60 or 61 then, you could still see her beauty. And the stories she told about Mitchum were legendary. If they had had an opportunity to work together more, it would have been like Maureen O'Hara and John Wayne. What a pair together on screen.
Mitchum had great presence and naturalistic acting ability. A favorite.
Very true. Mitchum is part of that great generation of American Gentlemen (hard to find these days) that were part of the depression and WWII. Yes, you do get much more then what you see. A true icon. Wish we had more of them.
A pot-smoking conservative, a man of unusual common sense and personal integrity and true to his beliefs. My favorite kind of human being.
You'll find political conservatism and personal conduct don't always equal the same thing.
He seems spikey and cranky here; but there's a great interview on Dick Cavett show which shows Mitch in a better light.
Mitchum a devout reader and free thinker . . one of the few heavy Hollywood intellectuals actors of the day.
He was so refreshingly real. He did not suffer fools gladly, but was honest about it. Missing his generation very much. A lot of class is disappearing and will never return.
Jane Greer said "What did I know? Robert Mitchum used to look after me, and take care of me" I'm sure there are a million women out there today that would love to be able to say that?? Cheers people!
Jane Greer was such a beautiful woman in her prime and a great actress, loved movies from that era
I think you captured his essence there very well. he knew that he was a very authentic man in a mostly phoney world.
Mitchum one of the few men who looked macho even in drag.
Best one ever.
This is a great video!
he's so cool
I LOVE BOB!!!!!!!
Its a crack up isn't it? A real guy having to do roles like that! He must of thought to himself "beats digging ditches" lol
great man, best actor, l'enfant terrible as a husband..
also wonderful and witty jane greer.
He had a Charisma on screen that the camera liked him and he liked the camera.Steve McQueen was just the same.
good interviewer,knows when to shut up
$350 in 1944 is $6000 in 2022. So Mitchum was making $24,000/mon. Not bad starting wage
@grabit1 I always wondered what a film with Mitchum and O'Hara would have been like. Love Maureen O'Hara!
It seems a bit ironic that Robert hated Ed Asner the first time they worked together.
cool cat Mitchum
He was a born Leo
@YourFaceWillDie468 Best guess is sometime in the 80's. The documentary has a release date of 1987.
Damn he knew how to punch like proper punch in those fight sequences you can see it, even choreographed scenes you can pick out the real punchers with less camera angles and in general poorly coordinated sequences. His punches were as real to a street fight as you can get.
He mentioned Lawrence Tierney. Curious if the two were friends? That would have been one hell of a party.
What year was the interview with Mitchum from?
Some of the lines he delivered were so laconic and very droll...I'd imagine a big softie of a man and very decent bloke
Does anyone know if he actually took acting lessons? Or did he learn on his own??
Apparently Mitchum had little to no coaching as he was just so naturalistic, He just seemed to be able to act straight off the cuff according to those that worked with him anyway.