Robert Mitchum biography
BABY I DON'T CARE. (It was his catch phrase.)
By: Lee Server
*****
It could just as easily been titled NO BOUNDARIES. The man never had any.
His father died when he was a small child. His mother was a free spirit. He left home at 14 with her blessing. While hoboing around the country he discovered marijuana. He smoked it until he died.
He sort of fell into acting and never felt it was the way a REAL MAN should earn a living.
He cheated on his wife with one woman after another. She deserved a medal and sainthood for staying married to him all those years. He was a great actor, but he was a rotten husband and father; a true product of his time.
Mr. Server did his research. This is an excellent biography. He is even handed dealing with Mr. Mitchum’s quirks, peccadilloes and often adolescent behavior, and his good qualities, he did have them, regarding his mother, sister, brother, wife and children.
If you are wanting a glimpse of the real Robert Mitchum this is the book to read.
By: Lee Server
*****
It could just as easily been titled NO BOUNDARIES. The man never had any.
His father died when he was a small child. His mother was a free spirit. He left home at 14 with her blessing. While hoboing around the country he discovered marijuana. He smoked it until he died.
He sort of fell into acting and never felt it was the way a REAL MAN should earn a living.
He cheated on his wife with one woman after another. She deserved a medal and sainthood for staying married to him all those years. He was a great actor, but he was a rotten husband and father; a true product of his time.
Mr. Server did his research. This is an excellent biography. He is even handed dealing with Mr. Mitchum’s quirks, peccadilloes and often adolescent behavior, and his good qualities, he did have them, regarding his mother, sister, brother, wife and children.
If you are wanting a glimpse of the real Robert Mitchum this is the book to read.
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