Robert Mitchum: "Baby, I Don't Care" is the first complete biography of Mitchum, and a book as big, colorful, and controversial as the star himself. Drunk, drug user, infidelity, 60 year marriage. That he could be crude, that his sense of humour could be sharp, vulgar even in those times, there is no doubt but Server has that subtle touch and writing talent to bring Mitchum in all his complexity to life. His acting technique was closer to Zen than method acting: His primary concern was to memorize the shoo Cool can be defined in two words: Robert Mitchum. We’d love your help. It was released in 1989 and remains their highest-charting single, peaking at number 3 in both the United Kingdom and Australia. Hysterically vulgar and graphic in places. Robert Mitchum: "Baby, I Don't Care" is the first complete biography of Mitchum, and a book as big, colorful, and controversial as the star himself. Again, his golden era of the 40s and 50s provides a nice series of anecdotes, but in their absence, the book seems to hurry to a conclusion. An excellent book about Robert Mitchum. A man has today been charged with the rape and kidnap of a teenage girl in south-west London. And everyone is singing I hear those sleigh bells ringing Santa won't you bring me The one I really need. To wit (briefly): asked if there was anything he wanted to add to a public statement of his wife’s about their relationship, he replid, “Just 30—at the end,” referring to journalistic shorthand for the end of a story; told while filming a cameo in Martin Scorsese’s remake of the Mitchum-starring, You'd really have to be a big fan of old movies to enjoy this biography of Robert Mitchum, the prototype of the cool, detached antihero on screen. Robert Charles Durman Mitchum (August 6, 1917 – July 1, 1997) was an American actor, director, author, poet, composer, and singer. Server is a great writer and his research shows due diligence. Just wait. Not in a movie, in real life. Mitchum's off-screen escapades alone would be enough to fill a marathon block of E! Then you can start reading Kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer - no Kindle device required. Robert Mitchum: Baby, I Don't Care. 3 Stars so far - Long book and continuing to read at leisure. The book is interesting and gives you a good impression of Robert the man who actually never gave a damn about what anyone thought about him be it fellow co stars or directors. Exhaustively researched, it makes use of thousands of rare documents from around the world and nearly two hundred in-depth interviews with Mitchum's family, friends, and associates (many going on record for the first time ever) ranging over his seventy-nine years of hard living. The one about the Rat Pack/Sinatra and Johnny Rosellini, the outfit's man in Hollywood. Server includes lengthy direct quotes from over 100 interviews, and almost all of the direct accounts are more appealing and interesting to read than his own try-hard prose; at times he's even lazy enough to introduce quotes with simply a surname and a colon, proceeding to allow them to speak in their own words, sometimes for paragraphs at a time, bringing this book close enough to oral history at times anyways. His father James was Scots-Irish and Anerican Indian and his mother Ann was a Nowegian immigrant. Not only the best Hollywood bio I've read but one of the best bio's period. The book is filled about the mans youth which was extremely surprising and by the time he became an actor he had already lived what for most men/women would be an entire lifetime and he was just beginning his career. Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon. A bit pretentious, Lee Server's narrative reads like a bad imitation of Robert Mitchum's "bad guy" persona, right down the author's photo on the dust jacket. I came away liking and admiring the actor more than when I started reading about him. Mitchum's off-screen escapades alone would be enough to fill a marathon block of E! The same year he films Anzio in Italy while stoned on mj and hashish. The man was the real deal. Helpful. Lee Server's biography of Mitchum, Baby, I Don't Care, details the whole thing beautifully. I always like Robert Mitchum, but this biography tells the story of a true hero, namely an American who was able to live without fear. Masculine. He was a man's man in a profession of pretenders, a genuine badass, and the undisputed Boss of Cool. He was a polymath, a troubadour, a drifter, an intelligent man, kind, vulgar to shock., to break through the pomposity but for those who understood this propensity to shock (accompanied and exacerbated by his vast alcohol intake there is a warmth, a hard-shell charm and resolve that sets him apart from so many of his celluloid, often one dimensional contemporaries. Although a brillian student, Bob was expelled from school as the result of a rather unusual prank. In this world where nothing is consistent, we have one man who was consistent in his ability to convey a sense of "I don't give a fuck" throughout all of his 79 years. Server tells the fascinating story of Mitchum's early life, riding the rails during the Depression, and he reprises the actor's more than 100 films, providing perceptive analysis of the remarkable number of masterpieces, from the quintessential film noir, 'Lee Server's thorough work gives Mitchum the biography he deserves, and consolidates his reputation as one of the very best.' I don't think the author, Leo Server, quite grasps Mitchum's inner dynamics. Mitchum had no desire to be an actor but his sister had other ideas. ROBERT MITCHUM - Baby, I Don't Care Essential T-Shirt. He was paid $10,333.33. Bob Mitchum, the legend done justice by Lee Server. Enter your mobile number or email address below and we'll send you a link to download the free Kindle App. She pushed him into it in 1936 when a small theater group showed up in Long Beach. Pete Hamill’s memoir notes a fling with Warren Beatty’s sister; a busy beaver, the reincarnated actress. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. His boozing and brawling were legendary, and so Hollywood snubbed him. Humor, irony, legendary exploits. Lee Server. Marty has seen all 103 of his films and Bob tells him that he has seen about 7 of them. I enjoyed the book but be warned there are some shockiing stories whether they are all true in not sure but as the title suggest he didn't care. Mitchum had many human failings, but on the big screen he was astonishing. The Sundowners receives Oscar nominations for best picture and Kerr, but Mitchum is overlooked. The difficult part for me, as a fan, was reading about his dark side, and it could be really dark. Mitchum was also an extremely intelligent man and voracious reader who always tried to portray himself as not being smart at all, probably to protect himself in a curious way. Robert Mitchum: "Baby, I Don't Care" is the first complete biography of Mitchum, and a book as big, colorful, and controversial as the star himself. Motion picture actors and actresses. A TV movie, A Killer in the Family, based on a real life prison escape finds Bob playing criminal Gary Tison. His screen persona was pretty cool but he was reckless in his everyday life -- smoking, drinking, philandering, lying, doing dope when it was a heinous act, cursing rapturously, rather indifferent to his family and career. (Yeah, the rape "gag" against Teresa Wright was real funny and Mitchum is a good guy down deep. I enjoyed the book a lot, but I don't think I would have wanted to work with him, and I KNOW I wouldn't have wanted to try to interview him! Glenn Ford: A Life (Wisconsin Film Studies), Handsome Johnny: The Life and Death of Johnny Rosselli: Gentleman Gangster, Hollywood Producer, CIA Assassin, Deconstructing The Rat Pack: Joey, The Mob and the Summit, Veronica: The Autobiography of Veronica Lake, “This is a well-researched, highly entertaining, and revealing biography that contextualizes Mitchum in the broader world of industry and national economics, business and politics.”—, "Never forget that one of the biggest stars in the world was Rin Tin Tin, and she was a four-legged bitch," was tough guy Robert Mitchum's stock response when asked what it felt like to be a movie star. His big break was 30 Seconds over Tokyo in 1944 starring Spencer Tracy. I'd seen more than a few Robert Mitchum movies, but he was never really one of the actors who particularly grabbed me, perhaps due to his general understatedness onscreen. Interesting book about one of my favorite actors. His private life was even more interesting than his film roles. He perfected his tough guy image by the late 1940s, playing variations on this part (often comic as his career waned) until his last film, in 1995. I've read two biographies by Lee Server. But people are people :). Robert Mitchum: "Baby, I Don't Care" is the first complete biography of Mitchum, and a book as big, colorful, and controversial as the star himself. A notorious womanizer, boozer, and brawler who was jailed in the 1950s for possession of marijuana, which only enhanced his appeal as an outlaw and an outsider, Mitchum defined the antihero before the term had been invented. They all lived together, including Mitchum’s mother’s third husband, an unemployed British newspaper writer. Robert Mitchum: Baby, I Don't Care. Midweight 4.2 oz. His father James was Scots-Irish and Anerican Indian and his mother Ann was a Nowegian immigrant. Out of the Past, filmed in 1946 and released in 1947 received mixed reviews and is now considered a film noir classic. I'm conflicted as to how to rate this, as there's a sharper-than-usual divide between the life being written about it and its writer. “Robert Mitchum: “Baby, I Don’t Care” is the big Robert Mitchum book cultists have been waiting for. This is a well-researched, highly entertaining and revealing biography that contextualizes Mitchum in the broader world of industry and national economics, business and politics. Both remarkable. Jackie O wishes to edit his autobiography but she also has cancer. Buy this book if you want to vicariously adventure as a legend. James died in 1919as the result of a trian accident. With three kids to raise, Ann married Bill Clancy, a violent drunk. Exhaustively researched, it makes use of thousands of rare documents from around the world and nearly two … Schizophrenic but absorbing biography of one of the greatest natural actors to gift film noir and westerns with his unique aloofness and toughness. It's an apt subtitle: "Baby, I Don't Care." Ditch digging, coal mining, dish washing; he did whatever it took to survive. One of the movies' greatest actors and most colorful characters, a real-life tough guy with the prison record to prove it, Robert Mitchum was a movie icon for an almost unprecedented half-century, the cool, sleepy-eyed star of such classics as The Night of the Hunter; Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison; Cape Fear; The Longest Day; Farewell, My Lovely; and The Winds of War. The big chested anti-hero, the cynical, sardonic, self-mocking Mitchum was the epitome of the film noir's leading man and his "true" nature remained elusive throughout his life, to others but most of all to himself. Sarcastic. Robert Mitchum: "Baby, I Don't Care" is the first complete biography of Mitchum, and a book as big, colorful, and controversial as the star himself. A fantastic biography. On June 30, 1997, the actor dies shortly after smoking an unfiltered cigarette. Lee Server has produced what must be the definitive biography of the American actor Robert Mitchum. After a string of average to forgettable movies, Robert finds a winner with director John Huston. Although filled with interesting (and often hilarious) anecdotes, Server never really gives us much insight into the inner Mitchum. The low rating is not because Mitchum turned out to be a first-class jerk. Tough. 5.0 out of 5 stars Baby i Don t Care. --This text refers to an alternate, Lee Server, since graduating from New York University Film School, has written numerous celebrated works of non-fiction around film and popular culture, including Hollywood biographies Robert Mitchum: Baby I Don't Care (2002) and, most recently, a work on Ava Gardner. --This text refers to an alternate, Mitchum was Hollywood's original "Bad Boy," who, as the title implies, didn't seem to care about living up to anyone's expectations. It also analyzes reviews to verify trustworthiness. Related Subjects: (4) Mitchum, Robert, -- 1917-Motion picture actors and actresses -- United States -- Biography. Confirm this request. Reading Lee Server's biography Robert Mitchum: "Baby I Don't Care", one is struck by Mitchum's skill in making things look easy -- when Mitchum actually bothers to use any skill. No, the two star rating is because I did not care for the author's writing style at all. Start by marking “Robert Mitchum: "Baby I Don't Care"” as Want to Read: Error rating book. Mitchum was also an extremely intelligent man and voracious reader who always tried to portray himself as not being smart at all, probably to protect himself in a curious way. Tully’s “Beggars of Life” became his bible. Perhaps the easiest improvement to make would have been to make this a straightforward oral history. From his mother, Robert inherited a photographic memory and love of books, which he began reading at age four. Try. I had no previous interest in Mitchum except that he was sultry and sassy in most of his roles and who doesn't like a bad boy? Mitchum's (contemporaneous) quotes are some of the best of all, naturally. This is a very comprehensive biography on the subject of the life of one Robert Charles Durman Mitchum, actor, director, author, poet, composer, and singer. Mitchum ponders DeNiro’s NY style of method acting; remaining in character at all times, like Daniel Day Lewis years later as Lincoln. All bios should be this great. Joe and River of no return. A bit pretentious, Lee Server's narrative reads like a bad imitation of Robert Mitchum's "bad guy" persona, right down the author's photo on the dust jacket. He bedded Lucille Ball, Ava Gardner, and Shirley MacLaine, drank with John Wayne, Sinatra — hell, drank with everybody — … . He sees Dorothy Spence, a thirteen year-old girl and it was love at first site. Scotland on Sunday Another superb biography penned by the author of the Ava Gardner biography. His last great film was 1975’s Farewell My Lovely, playing Philip Marlow. He turned down Dirty Harry and Patton. His first great role was in Story of G I Joe, the story of Ernie Pyle, the WWII correspondent. This book is a cure for what ails you. Robert Charles Durman Mitchum (August 6, 1917 – July 1, 1997) was an American actor, director, author, poet, composer, and singer. Synopsis A hobo during the depression, Robert Mitchum fell into acting by chance. Mitchum was the consummate 40s actor, hard-playing, hard-working, hard-drinking, womaniser but also one of the few actors in a 57 years old marriage to his first sweetheart. Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations, Select the department you want to search in, This title is not currently available for purchase. The schizophrenia comes from the writer's voice taking on the mockery of Mitchum's personality, whether telling anecdotes or reacting to the events in his life. Refresh and try again. And yet, as Server makes clear in this superb biography, Mitchum was also a consummate craftsman, an actor who always hit his mark (no matter what had happened the night before) and who inspired testimonials from the likes of John Huston and Charles Laughton, who believed that Mitchum could have been the era's greatest Lear. Tough, fragile, brilliant. Does this book contain quality or formatting issues? Server's book does him justice. It's an apt subtitle: "Baby, I Don't Care." . Learned alot about Mitchum's life. Best known for tough-guy roles in a career that spanned over 50 years, he made over 120 films, "forty of them in the same raincoat," and played everything from cowboys to sophisticated lovers. I just loved this book. . No-one pays homage to the silver screen legends like Lee Server does and no-one imbues such great, big, problematic, hard to love at times, larger than life characters with the life they once emanated out of every star pore. And the work is not easy especially when dealing with an actor of Robert Mitchum's often misunderstood stature. He rose to prominence for starring roles in several classic film noirs, and his acting is generally considered a forerunner of the antiheroes prevalent in film during the 1950s and 1960s. . Howard Hughes had a bevy of ex cops spying on everyone. Both genres would never be the same. While making a movie, Mitchum drinks too much, swears up a storm and chases women. This is a curious book. Actor Robert Mitchum was the Real Deal, and author Lee Server has written a wonderful book about him entitled "Robert Mitchum, 'Baby I Don't Care'." I watched it recently and Mitchum is perfect. He was a poet with an ax. Great reading! Something went wrong. True Hollywood Story, but Lee Server's exhaustive, lovingly detailed biography, Robert Mitchum: Baby, I Don't Care, resists the lure of cheap tabloid dish. And he drank a lot. Let This Be Our Secret: The shocking true story of a killer dentist, his mistress, how they murdered their spouses -and how they almost got away with it. Robert Mitchum: "Baby, I Don't Care" is the first complete biography of Mitchum, and a book as big, colorful, and controversial as the star himself. Mitchum's bio reveals a lot unknown about him - his creativity, how hard he worked, and his passion for writing poetry. It's an apt subtitle: "Baby, I Don't Care." This is a curious book. ROBERT MITCHUM 'Baby, I Don't Care' By Lee Server. After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. To see what your friends thought of this book, Cool can be defined in two words: Robert Mitchum. Mitchum's powerful presence and simmering violence combined with hard-boiled humor and existential detachment to create a new style in movie acting: the screen's first hipster antihero-before Brando, James Dean, Elvis, or Eastwood-the inventor of big-screen cool.Robert Mitchum: "Baby, I Don't Care" is the first complete biography of Mitchum, and a book as big, colorful, and controversial as the star himself. St. Martin's Press. Likely it had to do with his upbringing in a dirt poor bohemian family of wanderers (Connecticut, New York City, Delaware, the South etc.) Relatively unschooled, the naturally intelligent Mitchum hit the Depression era American roads at age 14. Born in 1917 to a railroad worker and a mother with intellectual, even bohemian, inclinations, Mitchum lost his father early, and ran off when he was 14 to hop freight cars during the Depression. Please try again. 590pp, Faber, £20. Ladies loved Mitchum until the day he died. Ann’s pension was $18 a month. He worked with Janet Leigh, Jane Russell, Jean Simmons and Marilyn Monroe while she was dating Joe Dimaggio. It was released in 1989 and remains their highest-charting single, peaking at number 3 in both the United Kingdom and Australia. Yet Mitchum did movies of all those genres and in all of them was perfect. While on a break, it took a case of bourbon to drag him into Cape Fear. Add tags for "Robert Mitchum : "baby, I don't care"". I understand wanting to capture Mitchum's character, but why can't the author write in an objective way as opposed to wit. Too good to miss. Hello, Sign in. . His screen persona was pretty cool but he was reckless in his everyday life -- smoking, drinking, philandering, lying, doing dope when it was a heinous act, cursing rapturously, rather indifferent to his family and career. He was a skinny kid who began writing poetry at seven. 590 pages. I like how he includes the quotes and stories from those who knew Mr. Mitchum. He also emptied his bladder on David Selznick’s office carpet while being interview for a part in a movie. Account & Lists Account Returns & Orders. / 145 gsm fabric, solid color t-shirts are 100% cotton, heather grey t-shirts are 90% cotton/10% polyester charcoal heather t-shirts are 52% cotton/48% polyester. After gigs as a boxer, stevedore and union worker (perhaps even joining the Communist Party), he tried acting and finally got a break in Hollywood. You're never far from a fight or a steamy romance or a drinking binge - Robert Mitchum, after all, was like a Robert Mitchum character.' Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. Mitchum's powerful presence and simmering violence combined with hard-boiled humor and existential detachment to create a new style in movie acting: the screen's first hipster antihero-before Brando, James Dean, Elvis, or Eastwood-the inventor of big-screen cool. I already suspected this ahead of time. Robert Mitchum: "Baby, I Don't Care" is the first complete biography of Mitchum, and a book as big, colorful, and controversial as the star himself. Have only just started reading BABY, I DON'T CARE but the one thing that struck me almost immediately was the wonderful style of writing. Hollywood has always undervalued its best actors: many of them - Cary Grant, Henry Fonda, John Wayne, Robert Mitchum - … Similar Items. Lee Server specialises in books on popular culture and literary history. Bring your club to Amazon Book Clubs, start a new book club and invite your friends to join, or find a club that’s right for you for free. There's a problem loading this menu right now. That applied the reading brakes big time, and I was left thinking why did I spend seven quid on the damn thing, and could I flog it on ebay? Interviews Robert Mitchum. Lee Server has written one of the best bio’s that I have ever read. very interesting life of Robert Mitchum and also Film industry, Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 31, 2018. Robert Mitchum was born on August 6. His passing didn't get the attention it deserved. To get the free app, enter your mobile phone number. From his mother, Robert inherited a photographic memory and love of books, which he began reading at age four. With no pretensions toward being Lawrence Olivier, Mitchum said he picked jobs for the number of days off, but there was no doubt that he was a powerful, sad-eyed, simmering screen presence. Bob and his brother Jack were feisty children, and so their mother sent them to live on a farm with her father in Delaware. Bob read voraciously at the NYC Public Library. In 1945, Mitchum scored his first and only Oscar nomination for the acclaimed film, The Story of G.I. He was a prize fighter and took on three marines at a time and after kicking their butts always said, don't mess with the gorilla. He grew up fast, travelling the country on trains filled with hoboes. Book was well written. That's not a disgrace -- even Mitchum's closest friends never really seem to have reached the man's core -- but it leaves the book feeling rather incomplete. Likely it had to do with his upbringing in a dirt poor bohemian family of w. You'd really have to be a big fan of old movies to enjoy this biography of Robert Mitchum, the prototype of the cool, detached antihero on screen. It's an apt subtitle: "Baby, I Don't Care." His personality is not presented in a fawning way, but rather takes advantage of a subject who was transparent because he was self-aware. Give me a break. In this world where nothing is consistent, we have one man who was consistent in his ability to convey a sense of "I don't give a fuck" throughout all of his 79 years. 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