Robert Mitchum News

The Oscars are coming. To get you revved, I offer my own version for 2007: Rebeccas for the best and Beckys for the worst: * A Rebecca for Overall Mood to "No Country for Old Men," a study in menacing doom. via Dubuque Telegraph Herald

“We have a solid base of creative people - writers, directors and photographers”

Locals may recognize Lake Lure from some key scenes in the 1987 romance "Dirty Dancing." Perhaps you bumped into Robert Redford while he was in the area filming "The Clearing" in 2002. via Asheville Citizen-Times

This historical perspective, compiled from past Star-News articles, takes readers back to the Cape Fear region of 100, 50 and 25 years ago. via StarNewsOnline.com

It may seem hard to believe, but it was 44 years ago this week that G.I. Joe action figures first went on sale. via Lincoln Tribune

“She knew exactly what to do, her movements, her hands, her body were just perfect. Better than anyone else. Emotionally, she did everything right. She expressed just what I wanted.”

Ultimately, she had dreams of becoming a movie star. Marilyn Monroe's first major step toward that realization was in modeling, however. via BellaOnline

THE wife of veteran comic actor Barrie Gosney has paid tribute to her husband. As reported in the Evening Post on Monday, The Mill at Sonning thespian passed away following a fall at a party last week. via Get Reading

No genre blends mystery, suspense, moral ambiguity and steamy, erotic elements better than Film Noir, still one of the cinema's most captivating forms. via Nashville City Paper

“Does she ever not suck, no pun intended?”

"Come out, come out, wherever you are!" While it's not in the same league as "You talkin' to me?" Robert De Niro's taunt from the 1991 Martin Scorsese remake of Cape Fear would still be in his top five ... via City Pages

William Powell played the debonair and hard-drinking Charles in six Thin Man films from 1934 until 1947, with Myrna Loy playing his wife, Nora, in each film. via Democrat & Chronicle

Every now and again you come across a hallmark in a bar that sets it apart from its competitors. via The Age

It seems to me that there was a third one that also takes place in Mexico. All I can remember about it is Mitchum climbing on top of an aerial tram going up the side of a mountain, fighting with someone and ... via AZNightBuzz.com

“Sometimes I wonder which side God's on”

"Just look at it, gentlemen. How calm...how peaceful it is. A strip of water between England and the continent, between the Allies and us. via DigitallyOBSESSED.com

The word "arbitrary" doesn't begin to describe the task of picking a favorite movie year, because every era - and so many of the years within them - has its own special quality, from the thrilling developments ... via A.V. Club

Maureen Dowd , in today's Times : Listening to Hillary and Obama evokes the famous scene in the classic "The Night of the Hunter," when Robert Mitchum, whose fingers are tattooed with "LOVE" on his right hand ... via Mother Jones

“They add excitement, and we try to amp it up”

The top movie car chases rated by MoviesForGuys.com: "Bullitt" - Steve McQueen's classic that has chases in the streets and hills of San Francisco. via Journal Gazette

Children, with Scialfa, Evan James, Jessica Rae and Sam Ryan. Says his favorite film as a kid was _Searchers, The _ One of Springsteen's most famous songs, "Thunder Road", took inspiration from the Robert ... via Motorbiker.org Update List

“Who is it? What do you want? Where yer from? Where yer going?”

THE rain-sodden, Gaelic-speaking fishing folk who cling to Ireland's photogenic Dingle Peninsula in County Kerry learned the high cost of celebrity in 1970, when their home became the setting for the David Lean ... via The Australian

'Dancing with the Stars' . Cheetah Girl cheated. So fainting Marie Osmond and the iffier, rhythmically challenged Jane Seymour attempt to dance on. via Detroit Free Press

“You know, this has always reminded me of a Disney movie.”

Paddy and Ida Carmody have spent their entire married life as sheep drovers in Australia. via Laura's Miscellaneous Musings

“They used to get really excited if a C.E.O. was going to jail and they got depressed if a company announced a profit. They are offended by rich people unless it's them.”

Roger Ailes is so full of it. No, not that Roger Ailes , the blogger who ran moonshine with Robert Mitchum in Thunder Road in his teens and has dedicated his life to telling the truth about really bad people . via James Wolcott's Blog