Blog: Now Hear This

It's Robert Mitchum's birthday today, a perfect excuse to indulge my predilection for cheese both edible and audible. While this collection of rum soaked self deprecation is more goofy fun than a stab at commercial success or artistic integrity Mitchum's no slouch in the vocal department. His own voice was used whenever a roll called for him to sing, including Rachel and the Stranger, River of No Return and The Night of the Hunter . He discovered the sultry tones of calypso while filming Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison on location in the Caribbean on the [...]

• Robert Mitchum - I Learn A Merengue, Mama
• Robert Mitchum - They Dance All Night