Robert Mitchum: Baby, I Don't Care

by Lee Server

“Mitchum Sued by Business Associate.” Los Angeles Herald-Examiner, March 29, 1983.

  “Mitchum Sues Magazine for $1,000,000.” Los Angles Times, May 10, 1955.

  “Mitchum Sues Film Actress.” Los Angeles Times, January 19, 1949.

  “Mitchum Suing Over Use of His Name in Ad.” Los Angeles Times, January 19, 1949.

  “Mitchum to Treasure ‘Booby’ Award.” Hollywood Citizen-News, December 20, 1950.

  “Mitchum ‘Treasures’ Award of ‘Least Co-operative Actor.’” Los Angeles Herald Express, December 21, 1950.

  “Mitchum Trial Held Up Due to Giesler Accident.” Los Angeles Times, November 13, 1948.

  “Mitchum vs Irisher—and the Jig Is Up!” United Press International, August 5, 1959.

  “Mitchum Will Sing ‘Man’ Praises on TV.” Variety, October 26, 1955.

  “Mitchum Won’t Go Before Jury.” Los Angeles Examiner, September 5, 1948.

  “Mitchum’s Baby Makes Camera Debut.” Bridgeport Post, August 31, 1952.

  “Mitchum’s Career Safe Despite Jail.” Los Angeles Times, February 10, 1949.

  “Mitchum’s Pal Ford Gets 60 Days in Jail.” Los Angeles Times, March 17, 1949.

  “Mitchum’s Son Injured When Hit by Auto.” Los Angeles Times, April 29, 1949.

  “Mitchum’s View on Acting.” Long Beach Press-Telegram, June 28, 1988.

  Mitchum, Christopher. “Robert Mitchum” (letter to the editor). People, November 11, 1985.

  Mitchum, Dorothy. “My Bob—Our Man Behind the Mask.” Photoplay, December 1954.

  “Mitchum, Girls Sued by House Owner.” Los Angeles Daily News, October 26, 1948.

  “Mitchum, Lila Leeds to Leave Jail Today.” Los Angeles Examiner, March 30, 1949.

  “Mitchum, Lila to Quit Jail for Vicki Trial.” Los Angeles Daily News, February 15, 1949.

  “Mitchum, Lila Won’t Testify.” Los Angeles Examiner, March 9, 1949.

  “Mitchum, Lila, Ford Guilty.” Los Angeles Examiner, January 11, 1949.

  Mitchum, Robert. “Do I Get Another Chance?” Photoplay, May 1949.

  ———. “Mitchum’s Mirror.” United Artists, press release, 1956.

  ———. “Not So Tough Guy.” Memories, Fall 1988.

  ———. “Robert Mitchum’s Story.” New York Sunday News, February 20, 1949.

  “Mitchum, Three Others Indicted on Two Counts.” Los Angeles Exmainer, September 8, 1948.

  Modderno, Craig. “Mitchum the Marvel.” US, June 19, 1980.

  ———. “The Tired Eyed Tough Guy Takes on Hollywood.” Oui, February 1981.

  “Modest.” Los Angeles Examiner, n.d.

  “Morning Report.” Los Angeles Times, October 1, 1987.

  Mosby, Aline. “New Way for Stars to Save.” Newspaper story. N.p., n.d..

  ———. “Robert Mitchum Is Free Today.” United Press, March 29, 1949.

  “Mother Gets Subpoena for Trial of Mitchum.” Los Angeles Times, January 1, 1949.

  “Mother Ordered to Mitchum Trial.” Los Angeles Daily News, January 1, 1949.

  “Mrs. Mitchum Says She’ll Stand By.” Los Angeles Times, September 4, 1948.

  Muir, Florabel. “What Now for Mitchum?” Photoplay, April 1949.

  “Narcotic Arrest Smashes Film Career, Says Mitchum.” Newspaper story. N.p., September 2, 1948.

  Natale, Richard. “Screen Legend.” Variety, July 2, 1997.

  “NBC-TV Gives Go-Ahead to Mitchum Sitcom ‘Joe.’” Variety, November 21, 1989.

  Neigher, Harry. “Mitchum Vows to Win Wife Back Once Again.” Sunday Herald, March 15, 1953.

  “New Dope Arrests Due in Hollywood Cleanup.” Los Angeles Examiner, September 2, 1948.

  “News for Women.” Sydney Daily Telegraph, November 13, 1959.

  “Newsmakers.” Newsweek, August 4, 1975.

  “’Not Blotto,’ Says Lila Leeds; Free on Bail.” Newspaper story. N.p., June 8, 1949.

  “Note from Bob Mitchum in Amsterdam.” Los Angeles Herald-Examiner, November 12, 1976.

  Obituary. Los Angeles Times, July 2, 1997.

  Obituary. New York Times, July 2, 1997.

  Obituary. Reuters, July 1, 1997.

  “Of Skunks and Actors.” N.p., circa 1954.

  O’Hallaren, Bill. “He’s the Only Gary Cooper Still Alive.” TV Guide, January 29, 1983.

  “On location in Japan. . . .” TIME, February 25, 1974.

  “One Minute Interview: Robert Mitchum.” N.p., circa 1975.

  Oppenheimer, Peer J. “The Mellowing of a Hollywood Roughneck.” Family Weekly, January 2, 1966.

  Osborne, Robert. “Rambling Reporter.” Hollywood Reporter, December 31, 1996; July 3, 1997.

  “Our Own Mitchum in Best Role Yet.” Bridgeport Herald, April 7, 1957.

  Parsons, Louella O. “Hollywood’s Determined Rebel.” N.p., circa 1955.

  ———. “Mitchum Role Given Wayne.” Los Angeles Examiner, January 17, 1955.

  ———. “Mitchum’s Sister Marries.” Los Angeles Examiner, February 8, 1960.

  ———. “Mitchum ‘Sick’ Executives Say.” N.p., circa September 1948.

  “Passing Judgment.” Los Angeles Herald-Examiner, April 14, 1983.

  “People.” Time, July 15, 1985.

  “Perrine, Majors, Mitchum Set for Roles in ‘Agency.’” Boxoffice, November 20. 1978.

  Poster, Tom, and Don Singleton. “Actor Threw $45M Ball.” New York Daily News, January 28, 1984.

  Prelutsky, Burt. “A Hindsight View of Robert Mitchum.” New York Post, December 12, 1970.

  ———. “Bulgar Bob.” Los Angeles Times West Magazine, December 6, 1970.

  “Prize for Mitchum.” Hollywood Reporter, December 3, 1991.

  “Producers Hunt Sedate Sub for Gay Bob Mitchum.” Los Angeles Mirror, January 12, 1955.

  “Production Line.” Screen International, September 16, 1994.

  “Re Mitchum and Prem.” Unsourced memo to studio from the set of Rosebud.

  “Reagan Aids Tribute to Robert Mitchum.” Variety, October 12, 1983.

  Redelings, Lowell. “The Hollywood Scene: One Minute Interviews.” Hollywood Citizen-News, January 23, 1953.

  “Reel for Real.” Title unknown, September 1957.

  Rehfeld, Barry. “Robert Mitchum Gives a Rare Interview.” Esquire, February 1963.

  Rickey, Carrie. “A Seasoned Champion.” Village Voice, December 21, 1982.

  “Robert Mitchum.” Western Clippings, September-October 1997.

  “Robert Mitchum Faces Marijuana Count with Lila Leeds, Two Others.” Los Angeles Times, September 1, 1948.

  “Robert Mitchum in Bar Brawl, Soldier Winds Up in a Hospital.” Newspaper story. N.p., n.d.

  “Robert Mitchum Playing Journalist.” Hollywood Citizen-News, July 24, 1967.

  “Robert Mitchum Quits Movie After Row with Director Otto Preminger.” Incomplete newspaper clipping. N.p., circa July 1974.

  “Robert Mitchum Tells of $20 Dole by Agent.” Los Angeles Times, February 5, 1948.

  “Robert Mitchum, Bo Derek. . . .” Screen International, November 13, 1992.

  “Robert Mitchum. . . .” Screen International, July 31, 1992.

  Robertson, Nan. “On the Tumult in Tobago for ‘Mr. Allison.’” New York Times, November 18, 1956.

  Roura, Phil, and Tom Poster. “People.” New York Daily News, May 8, 1984.

  Ruark, Robert C. “Mitchum’s Sins.” Los Angeles Times, September 9, 1948.

  Russell, Fred H. “Meet Robert Mitchum, Boy Who Made Good in Films.” Bridgeport Post, January 14, 1945.

  Sanders, Richard, and David Wallace. “Three Generations of Mitchums Wrestle with Some Real-Life Family Problems in a TV Movie.” People, October 21, 1985.

  Sarris, Andrew. “. . . and the Man Who Made It.” New York Times, November 17, 1968.

  ———. “He Does Something Different.” Village Voice, July 26, 1973.

  Schallert, Edwin. “Kramer to Advertise in Mitchum’s Defense.” Los Angeles Times, January 18, 1955.r />
  Scheuer, Philip K. “Critics? There’s No Pleasing ‘Em at All.” Los Angeles Times, December 12, 1962.

  ———. “Films Regain Poetry in ‘Voice in the Wind.’” New York Times, circa 1944.

  ———. “Foreign Intrigue Producer Finds Pot of Gold Abroad.” Los Angeles Times, June 17, 1956.

  Schmitt, Joan Dew. “On Becoming a Liberated Man.” You, May 1971.

  Schwager, Jeff. “The Past Rewritten.” Film Comment, January/February 1991.

  Scott, Adrian. “You Can’t Do That.” Screen Writer, August 1947.

  Scott, John L. “Mitchum’s Mobile Cabin Takes Him into Wilds He Really Loves.” Los Angeles Times, August 24, 1952.

  Scott, Vernon. “Bob Mitchum: Happy Rebel.” The Record, March 12, 1975.

  ———. “Luncheon with Robert Mitchum.” Hollywood Ciizen-News, November 16, 1962.

  ———. “Mitchum Doesn’t Pull His Punches.” Hollywood Citizen-News, April 10, 1965.

  ———. “Movie Stars Live Everywhere These Days, but in Hollywood.” New York Morning Telegraph, December 29, 1958.

  ———. “Young Mitchum Rising on Own.” Los Angeles Times, January 10, 1976.

  Scott, Walter. “Walter Scott.” Parade, May 31, 1992.

  Seligmann, Jean. “Two Chips Off Old Blocks.” Newsweek, March 30, 1987.

  “Series Debut for Mitchum.” Los Angeles Times, November 21, 1989.

  Seymore, James W. “Rough, Tough and Rowdy Robert Mitchum.” People, February 14, 1983.

  Sharp, Kathleen. “A Star in Spite of Himself.” Parade, June 12, 1994.

  Shearer, Lloyd. “Hollywood’s Most Underrated Actor.” Bridgeport Post, February 19, 1961.

  Sheehan, Henry. “Mitchum’s Appearance Belied His Dedication.” Orange County Register, July 2, 1997.

  “Short Takes.” Variety. January 16 and July 29, 1992.

  Skolsky, Sidney. “Hollywood Is My Beat.” New York Post, May 4, 1952; July 17, 1955.

  “Sleepy Eyes. . . .” Women’s Wear Daily, July 1, 1974.

  Smith, Alan, and Michael Glynn. “Robert Mitchum: Why He Refused Treatment to Save His Life.” The National Enquirer, July 15, 1997.

  Smith, Cecil. “Mitchum to Make TV Debut in ABC Film.” Los Angeles Times, December 31, 1980.

  “Snootful of Trouble.” Newsweek, August 17, 1959.

  “Social Cannibals.” Sydney Telegraph, December 20, 1959.

  Sofia, Carolyn. “Mitchum Heads ‘Grass’ Menagerie at MGM.” Chronicle, November 5, 1970.

  Somers, Alan. “3 Teenage Girls Tell Police: ‘Robert Mitchum Hit Us . . . Tried to Turn Us On to Drugs.’” Motion Picture, December 1970.

  “Son of Robert Mitchum Gets Film Contract.” Los Angeles Times, May 6, 1961.

  St. Johns, Elaine. “Robert Mitchum’s Own Story.” Los Angeles Mirror, February 17, 1949.

  Stage & Cinema. Incomplete magazine article, title, author unknown, September 29, 1967.

  “Star Brought His Camera.” Sydney Morning Herald, September 30, 1959.

  Starman, Ray. “Arthur Ripley.” Films in Review.

  “Still Active.” New York Times, June 6, 1954.

  Story, Judy. “Robert Mitchum.” USO Public Relations Department, February 2, 1967.

  “Strange Behavior in Chase.” Newspaper story. N.p., circa December 3, 1953.

  “Studios Won’t Aid Mitchum at Trial; Grand Jury to Act.” Los Angeles Examiner, September 3, 1948.

  “Suit Against Mitchum Settled During Trial Recess.” Los Angeles Daily News, May 3, 1951.

  “Suit for $2500 Over Raid Case Names Mitchum.” Los Angeles Times, October 27, 1948.

  “Suit over Privacy Lost by Mitchum.” Los Angeles Times, March 3, 1949.

  Sullivan, Ed. “Little Old New York.” New York Daily News, December 16, 1954.

  Sun, Victoria. “Robert Mitchum, Actor with Tough-Guy Image, Dead At 79.” Associated Press, July 2, 1997.

  “Surprised.” Los Angeles Times, September 2, 1948.

  “Take It from Mitchum. . . .” Los Angeles Herald-Examiner, June 27, 1988.

  Taylor, Frank. “Robert Mitchum, A Long Beach Original.” Southland Sunday, November 29, 1970.

  “That $ Sign ‘Don’t Hang It on Me.’” Australian newspaper story. N.p., circa 1959.

  “The Big Sleep Has Opened Across the U.S.A.” Scimitar Films (London) press release, n.d.

  “The Love Scene They Tried to Cut.” Motion Picture, June 1955.

  “The New Pictures.” TIME, August 13, 1956.

  “The Shaggy Man . . . Guess Who?” Sydney Sun-Herald, November 29, 1959.

  “Then They Saw More Simone.” Associated Press, April 7, 1954.

  “This Will Drive You In-Zane. . . .” Variety, June 29, 1993.

  Thomas, Bob. “Mitchum Contends . . . on Nude Bathing.” Los Angeles Mirror, October 18, 1955.

  ———. “Nobody Got Dunked, Mitchum Still Fired, Wayne Has Job.” Los Angeles Herald Express, January 18, 1955.

  Thomas, John D. “Down by Law.” Creative Loafing, May 11, 1996.

  Thompson, Douglas. “Mitchum Is Just Punchy About Pouchy Partner.” New York Post, June 17, 1978.

  Thompson, Howard. “Actress in Action.” New York Times, December 26, 1954.

  Thompson, Madeline. “Hollywood Miracle.” Motion Picture, October 1945.

  Thompson, Richard. “Robert Mitchum Is Better Than Dean Martin.” Scanlans, April 1970.

  Thompson, Thomas. “Robert Mitchum: Funky, Funny, Tender, Profane.” Cosmopolitan, November 1976.

  Trachtenberg, J. A. “Mitchum: New Season for an Old Pro.” Women’s Wear Daily, December 4, 1982.

  “Trial Ordered for Mitchum.” Los Angeles Examiner, September 30, 1948.

  “Try to Save Mitchum by Dancer Revealed.” Los Angeles Times, March 10, 1949.

  Turner, George E. “Creating the Night of the Hunter.” American Cinematographer, December 1982.

  ———. “Out of the Past.” American Cinematographer, March 1984.

  Tusher, Will. “ATA Puts on Lavish Mitchum Tribute.” Variety, October 7, 1983.

  Tusher, William. “How Chris Mitchum Suffered for Dad’s Wild Ways.” Photoplay, April 1973.

  ———. “My God, I’m Blind!” Photoplay, March 1971.

  “Two Film Stars to Try TV” New York Times, December 13, 1980.

  Tyler, Tim. “Hero-Bum Gets Knocked Down and Gets Up Without a Grunt.” San Francisco Examiner, April 19, 1970.

  ———. “Will Success Spoil Robert Mitchum?” Los Angeles Times West Magazine, February 1, 1970.

  Unger, Henry. “The JDL vs Robert Mitchum.” Los Angeles Herald-Examiner, March 8, 1983.

  “Valediction.” Hollywood Reporter, July 10, 1997.

  “Vicki Evans Weeps as Jury Chosen for Marijuana Trial.” Hollywood Citizen-News, n.d.

  “Vicki Loses Reefer Plea, Faces Trial with Mitchum.” Los Angeles Daily News, October 8, 1948.

  “Vicki to Return, ‘Clear It All Up.’” Los Angeles Mirror, January 12, 1949.

  “Waiting for a Poisoned Peanut.” Time, August 16, 1968.

  “Wanted List.” TV Guide, December 23, 1989.

  Ward, Robert. “Mr. Bad Taste and Trouble Himself Robert Mitchum.” Rolling Stone, March 1, 1983.

  Waterbury, Ruth. “He’s Murder.” Photoplay, April 1948.

  ———. “The Very Private Life of a Rebel Male.” Modern Screen, March 1969.

  Waters, Harry F. “ABC’s High-Flying ‘Winds.’” Newsweek, February 7, 1983.

  Watts, Stephen. “Focus on Amour in a Stately Home.” New York Times, June 26, 1960.

  Webb, John M. “Robert Mitchum’s Wife: My Tough Guy Husband Is Really a Sensitive Man Who Writes Poetry.” National Enquirer, October 17, 1974.

  Weber, Bruce. “Robert Mitchum.” Interview, 1997.

  “Weissmuller, Mitchum Boys Nabbed.” Los Angeles Mirror, March 15, 1956.

  “Whose Responsibility?” St. Louis Globe-Democrat, September 6, 1948.

  “Why Can
’t Mitchum Behave?” Movie, circa 1954.

  “Wife Defends Mitchum After Reconciliation; Asserts ‘He’s Sick Man.’” Los Angeles Examiner, September 4, 1948.

  Wilkerson, W. R. “Radeviews.” Hollywood Reporter, February 10, 1949.

  Wilson, Earl. “Battling Bob.” Syndicated column. January 19, 1971.

  ———. “Earl Wilson on Broadway.” New York Post, July 8, 1967; June 24, 1972.

  ———. “It Happened Last Night.” New York Post, June 20, 1969; January 12, 1971.

  ———. “Mitchum’s Advice on Pot.” Los Angeles Herald-Examiner, June 30, 1969.

  ———. “Quotable Mr. Mitchum.” Los Angeles Herald-Examiner, January 19, 1971.

  ———. “Testimonial.” New York Post, November 27, 1960.

  Wilson, Jeff. “Robert Mitchum Dies in Sleep at Age 79.” Orange County Register, July 2, 1997.

  Winner, Karin. “Making Waves on the Queen Mary.” Women’s Wear Daily, April 29, 1975.

  Winslow, Thyra Samter. “Mitchum-Free Style.” Photoplay, September 1947.

  Wolfsen. “Bob Mitchum, Who Looks Like a Beachcomber. . . .” 20th Century-Fox publicity release, circa 1957.

  Wood, Andy. “After What My Wife Did . . . I Can’t Go Home Again!” Photoplay, May 1968.

  Wood, Robin. “The Shadow Worlds of Jacques Tourneur.” Film Comment, Summer 1972.

  Woodyard, Chris. “Mitchum Checks into Ford Center for the Cure.” Los Angeles Herald-Examiner, May 8, 1984.

  Wouk, Herman. “Robert Mitchum.” TV Guide, August 2, 1997.

  “Wrong Bottle, Says Lila Leeds.” Los Angeles Examiner, March 9, 1948.

  “Youngstein Files Suit vs Mitchum, Talbot Prods.” Hollywood Reporter, April 1, 1983.

  Yudain, Sidney. “Tip on Mitchum Pay Runs into Big Story.” Bridgeport Herald, September 5, 1948.

  Zee, Donald. “Mr. Robert Mitchum—Facing the World at 10:30 am.” N.p., circa 1963.

  In addition the following newspapers and magazines were examined for reviews of Robert Mitchum films between 1943 and 1997; The New York Times, The Chicago Tribune, The Los Angeles Times, The New York Daily News, Time, Newsweek, The New Yorker, The Nation, The New Republic, The New York Herald Tribune, Variety, The Hollywood Reporter.

  Film/Video

  The Frank Sinatra Show. January 10, 1958. ABC.

  Saturday Night Live. November 14, 1987.

  The RKO Story (aka: Hollywood: The Golden Years). 1987. BBC/RKO.