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'Lee Server's thorough work gives Mitchum the biography he deserves, and consolidates his reputation as one of the very best.'
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'Lee Server's thorough work gives Mitchum the biography he deserves, and consolidates his reputation as one of the very best.' Guardian; 'This is a book you can wallow in. 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.' New Statesman; 'Server has accumulated plenty of intriguing details about Mitchum's life, and his style parallels the laid-back character of his subject.' Sunday Express; 'Some guy. And this is some book... Server is the best kind of biographer, a fan who doesn't let his admiration get in the way of telling the truth'. Scotland on Sunday
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24 of 25 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Lee Sever's brilliant Biography of Mitchum is biographical writing at it's best. Thoroughly researched this book brings to life one of Hollywood's great Actors and rebels. What it also reveals however is the "poet with an axe". Mitchum was a phenomenally intelligent and cultured man for all his drug-taking, womanising and general roister-doistering. But he hid his intelligence sometimes behind characters, but nearl always in real life. Only those that got close to him or that he respected were ever allowed into the other side of Mitchum, a side which was more Mark Twain Hollywood vain. The book had me in tears come it's ending, partially for Mitchum and partially because one didn't want the book to end. I have read MANY Hollywood biographies over the years and this is by far the most outstanding I have ever read. I cannot recommend it highly enough.
16 of 17 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
A very well researched book on this under rated actor with quotes from family, friends (and the not so friendly)and fellow actors and covers all his movies with great depth, nothing in the life of Robert Mitchum has been left out, a warts and all biography.. I recommend the book to any movie buff.
24 of 26 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I collect biographies, particularly those connected to Hollywood.
All I have to say is this.."Baby, I don't care" is, without doubt, the best biography of any film star I have ever read.
Robert Mitchum was a remarkable man, a wonderful actor. Lee Server - The author of this brilliant biography - is first class in telling the life story of, probably, Hollywood's finest yet most underrated actor.
Thanks to Lee Server, I will now watch with avid interest, every Mitchum movie that gets aired on Television. Robert Mitchum was so much more than just an actor.
All I have to say is this.."Baby, I don't care" is, without doubt, the best biography of any film star I have ever read.
Robert Mitchum was a remarkable man, a wonderful actor. Lee Server - The author of this brilliant biography - is first class in telling the life story of, probably, Hollywood's finest yet most underrated actor.
Thanks to Lee Server, I will now watch with avid interest, every Mitchum movie that gets aired on Television. Robert Mitchum was so much more than just an actor.
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not bad
I don't quite recognise the hyperbole about the writer and the contents of this book. The prose is no more than workmanlike, the pacing is erratic, the descriptive elements... Read more
Published 20 months ago by Les Livres
Yawn, Yawn, Yawn!....I was bored to tears!
I read many 'biographies' from all walks of life. This one sounded a good 'un! Robert Mitchum had a colourful life and made several top notch films.... Read more
Published on 10 Oct 2009 by K. Johnson
Sleep-walking on through
Lee Server would like us to believe that there is a secret core to Robert Mitchum that no one ever penetrated. Read more
Published on 18 Sep 2009 by Eileen Shaw
Critique of book
This is, by a mile, the most unreadable "biography" I have read. 90% of the book is an endless and massive description of how every element of every film Mitchum made was put... Read more
Published on 19 Mar 2009 by Stuart W. Pole
Nice Guy ?
There is no doubt that Robert Mitchum was a successful actor. It appears that he also successfully managed to hide a sensitive and caring nature behind his bad boy, heavy drinking... Read more
Published on 29 Feb 2008 by bibliobiblio
Just Buy it!
I've read a lot of biographies and this one is truely head & shoulders above the rest. An incredible account of an amazing man. Read more
Published on 4 April 2006 by Touff1
Boring, boring, boring
One of the most long winded and boring books about a very colourful character. far too much padding, I skipped about half of it, speed reading.
Published on 5 Feb 2006 by Violetta
Great biography of a great star...
The song Robert Mitchum by Julian Cope (from the Skellington album) says it all really. Robert Mitchum was such a dude, such a guy, so half-asleep... Read more
Published on 14 Nov 2002 by Jason Parkes
The autbiography he never wrote
Apparently, people were always on at Robert Mitchum to write his autobiography. Mitchum was an "aspiring writer", but he never actually aspired enough to put his life down on... Read more
Published on 9 Dec 2001 by "policyoftruth"
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