John Mitchum

Hi

With apologies to Kieth for Hi-jacking his topic.
I hope he will forgive me for adding one of my own



JOHN MITCHUM:


Photograph from my own collection



Notes from IMDB

Date of birth (location)
6 September 1919
Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA
Date of death (details)
29 November 2001
Los Angeles, California, USA. (stroke)
Sometimes Credited As:
John Mallory / Jack Mitchum
A Family for Joe (1990) (TV) .... Preacher at Elder's Society
Jake Spanner, Private Eye (1989) (TV) .... J.P.
... aka Hoodwinked
... aka The Old Dick Escapes (1986) (TV) .... Mr. Olson
Where's Willie? (1978)
... aka Computer Kid (USA)
... aka Computer Wizard (USA) Telefon (1977) .... Harry Bascom The Enforcer (1976/I) .... Insp. Frank DiGiorgio Pipe Dreams (1976) .... Franklin The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976) .... Al "Little House on the Prairie" .... Sam Benson (1 episode, 1976)
... aka Little House: A New Beginning (USA: last season title)
- The Long Road Home (1976) TV Episode .... Sam Benson Breakheart Pass (1975) .... Red Beard "The Waltons" .... Announcer (1 episode, 1975)
- The Wingwalker (1975) TV Episode .... Announcer "Kolchak: The Night Stalker" .... Janitor (1 episode, 1974)
... aka The Night Stalker
- The Energy Eater (1974) TV Episode .... Janitor
The Hanged Man (1974) (TV) .... Eubie Turpin
The Hanged Man (1974) (TV) .... Eubie Turpin
"Doc Elliot" .... Amos / ... (2 episodes, 1973-1974)
- A Time to Live (1974) TV Episode .... Amos
- And All Ye Need to Know (1973) TV Episode .... Tucker
Magnum Force (1973) .... Insp. Frank DiGiorgio
"Chase" .... Bartender (1 episode, 1973)
- Sizzling Stones (1973) TV Episode .... Bartender
High Plains Drifter (1973) .... Warden
Savage (1973) (TV) .... Motel Manager
... aka The Savage File (USA)
... aka Watch Dog
Bloody Trail (1972)
... aka Montego (USA: video title)
Dirty Harry (1971) .... Insp. Frank DiGiorgio
Chandler (1971) .... Rudy, Bartender
"Ironside" .... Photo Lab Foreman / ... (2 episodes, 1968-1971)
... aka The Raymond Burr Show (USA: syndication title)
- If a Body See a Body (1971) TV Episode .... Photo Lab Foreman
- Price Tag Death (1968) TV Episode .... Slim
Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate (1971) (TV) .... Mr. Tubbs
"Bewitched" .... Jailer (1 episode, 1971)
- How Not to Lose Your Head to Henry VIII: Part 2 (1971) TV Episode .... Jailer
"Bonanza" .... Bartender / ... (7 episodes, 1961-1971)
... aka Ponderosa (USA: rerun title)
- An Earthquake Called Callahan (1971) TV Episode .... Meyers
- The Saga of Squaw Charlie (1964) TV Episode (uncredited) .... Hank
- Thanks for Everything, Friend (1964) TV Episode .... Grimes
- The Legacy (1963) TV Episode .... Bartender #1
- A Hot Day for a Hanging (1962) TV Episode .... Bartender
(2 more)
One More Train to Rob (1971) (uncredited) .... Guard
"The Young Rebels" .... Mr. Meeley (1 episode, 1970)
- Dangerous Ally (1970) TV Episode .... Mr. Meeley
"The Virginian" .... Bartender / ... (9 episodes, 1963-1970)
... aka The Men from Shiloh (USA: new title)
- The Price of the Hanging (1970) TV Episode .... Davis
- The Fortress (1967) TV Episode .... Bartender
- Chaff in the Wind (1966) TV Episode .... Bartender
- Nobody Said Hello (1966) TV Episode .... Bucky the Bartender
- Blaze of Glory (1965) TV Episode .... Bartender
(4 more)
Bigfoot (1970) .... Elmer Briggs
"Adam-12" .... Tom Horton (1 episode, 1970)
- Log 69: Cigarettes, Cars, and Wild, Wild Women (1970) TV Episode .... Tom Horton
Chisum (1970) .... Baker (deputy sheriff)
Paint Your Wagon (1969) .... Jacob Woodling
Bandolero! (1968) .... Bathhouse customer
"Batman" .... Rip Snorting / ... (3 episodes, 1966-1967)
- Surf's Up! Joker's Under! (1967) TV Episode .... Hot Dog Harrigan
- It's How You Play the Game (1966) TV Episode .... Rip Snorting
- Come Back, Shame (1966) TV Episode .... Rip Snorting
"The Iron Horse" .... Zekel (1 episode, 1967)
- Grapes of Grass Valley (1967) TV Episode .... Zekel
The Way West (1967) .... Little Henry
"F Troop" .... Trooper Hoffenmueller / ... (7 episodes, 1965-1967)
- The Day They Shot Agarn (1967) TV Episode .... Balladeer
- Don't Ever Speak to Me Again (1966) TV Episode .... Hoffenmueller
- El Diablo (1966) TV Episode .... Hoffenmueller
- Our Hero--What's His Name (1966) TV Episode (uncredited) .... Trooper Hoffenmueller
- Iron Horse Go Home (1965) TV Episode .... Trooper Hoffenmueller
(2 more)
El Dorado (1966) (uncredited) .... Elmer (Jason's bartender)
"Pistols 'n' Petticoats" .... Claw (1 episode, 1966)
- Here Comes Trouble (1966) TV Episode .... Claw
"The Road West" .... Prisoner (1 episode, 1966)
- Pariah (1966) TV Episode .... Prisoner
The Plainsman (1966) (uncredited) .... Townsman
"The Munsters" .... Workman (1 episode, 1965)
- Underground Munster (1965) TV Episode .... Workman
"Branded" .... Slate (1 episode, 1965)
- Salute the Soldier Briefly (1965) TV Episode .... Slate
"Laredo" .... George (1 episode, 1965)
- Yahoo (1965) TV Episode .... George
"The Legend of Jesse James" .... Bartender (1 episode, 1965)
- The Dead Man's Hand (1965) TV Episode .... Bartender
Brainstorm (1965) (uncredited) .... Guitar Playing Inmate
My Fair Lady (1964) (uncredited) .... Ad lib at Church
"The Twilight Zone" .... Ace / ... (2 episodes, 1961-1964)
... aka Twilight Zone (USA: new title)
- Mr. Garrity and the Graves (1964) TV Episode .... Ace
- The Rip Van Winkle Caper (1961) TV Episode .... Erbie
"Destry" .... Swanee (1 episode, 1964)
- Big Deal at Little River (1964) TV Episode .... Swanee
"Perry Mason" .... Operative / ... (2 episodes, 1958-1963)
- The Case of the Devious Delinquent (1963) TV Episode .... Operator
- The Case of the Demure Defendant (1958) TV Episode .... Operative
"Rawhide" .... Luke Rose (1 episode, 1963)
- Incident of the Rawhiders (1963) TV Episode .... Luke Rose
Cattle King (1963) .... Tex
... aka Guns of Wyoming (UK)
"Gunsmoke" .... Joe / ... (5 episodes, 1957-1963)
... aka Gun Law (UK)
... aka Marshal Dillon (USA: rerun title)
- Two of a Kind (1963) TV Episode .... Wills
- Perce (1961) TV Episode .... Norm
- The Constable (1959) TV Episode .... Joe
- Texas Cowboys (1958) TV Episode .... Bob
- Sweet and Sour (1957) TV Episode .... Joe
"Tales of Wells Fargo" .... Bartender (1 episode, 1962)
- Who Lives by the Gun (1962) TV Episode .... Bartender
Hitler (1962) .... Hermann Goering
... aka Women of Nazi Germany
"Have Gun - Will Travel" .... Crabbe / ... (3 episodes, 1957-1962)
- The Hunt (1962) TV Episode
- Birds of a Feather (1958) TV Episode .... Crabbe
- A Matter of Ethics (1957) TV Episode .... McHeath
The Sergeant Was a Lady (1961) .... MP #1
"The Untouchables" .... Freddie (1 episode, 1961)
- The Antidote (1961) TV Episode .... Freddie
"Thriller" .... Policeman (1 episode, 1960)
... aka Boris Karloff's Thriller
- The Cheaters (1960) TV Episode .... Policeman
"The Deputy" .... Stubbs (1 episode, 1960)
- Trail of Darkness (1960) TV Episode .... Stubbs
"Bronco" .... Al Sawyer (1 episode, 1960)
- Winter Kill (1960) TV Episode .... Al Sawyer
"Riverboat" .... Pickalong (31 episodes, 1959-1960)
- The Sellout (1960) TV Episode .... Pickalong
- The Quick Noose (1960) TV Episode .... Pickalong
- The Long Trail (1960) TV Episode .... Pickalong
- The Night of the Faceless Men (1960) TV Episode .... Pickalong
- Hang the Men High (1960) TV Episode .... Pickalong
(26 more)
"The Rebel" .... Sam (1 episode, 1960)
- Glory (1960) TV Episode .... Sam
"The Clear Horizon" (1960) TV Series .... First Officer Mikel

The Gunfight at Dodge City (1959) (uncredited) .... Rowdy Drunken Cowboy
... aka The Bat Masterson Story (USA)
"The David Niven Show" .... Sailor (1 episode, 1959)
- Life Line (1959) TV Episode .... Sailor
Al Capone (1959) (uncredited) .... Photographer
"Sky King" .... Rawson (1 episode, 1959)
- Mickey's Birthday (1959) TV Episode .... Rawson
Johnny Rocco (1958) (uncredited) .... Police Detective at Stakeout
"Maverick" .... 2nd Miner (1 episode, 1958)
- The Spanish Dancer (1958) TV Episode .... 2nd Miner
"State Trooper" .... Deputy Joe Dugan (1 episode, 1958)
- The Winnemucca Weskit (1958) TV Episode .... Deputy Joe Dugan
"Richard Diamond, Private Detective" .... Jimmy Logan / ... (2 episodes, 1958)
... aka Call Mr. D.e
- Bungalow Murder (1958) TV Episode .... Jimmy Logan
- Short Haul (1958) TV Episode .... Joe
"Dragnet" (2 episodes, 1956-1958)
... aka Badge 714 (USA: syndication title)
- The Big Eyes (1958) TV Episode
- The Big Tour (1956) TV Episode
"The Restless Gun" .... Len / ... (2 episodes, 1958)
- Hiram Grover's Strike (1958) TV Episode .... Len
- The Coward (1958) TV Episode .... Red
Hell's Five Hours (1958) (uncredited) .... Roadblock Officer
Cole Younger, Gunfighter (1958) .... Rand City Bartender
"Wagon Train" .... Norden (1 episode, 1958)
... aka Major Adams, Trail Master
- The Bill Tawnee Story (1958) TV Episode .... Norden
"Suspicion" (1 episode, 1958)
- The Last Town Car (1958) TV Episode
The Bonnie Parker Story (1958) (uncredited) .... John, Saloon Owner/Bartender
Cool and Lam (1958) (TV) .... Bartender
"Casey Jones" .... Foreman (1 episode, 1957)
- Night Run (1957) TV Episode .... Foreman
Up in Smoke (1957) .... Desk Sergeant
"Trackdown" .... The Bar Patron (1 episode, 1957)
- Sweetwater, Texas (1957) TV Episode .... The Bar Patron
Ride Out for Revenge (1957) (uncredited) .... Sergeant
"The Thin Man" .... Eddie Marks (1 episode, 1957)
- The Dollar Doodle (1957) TV Episode .... Eddie Marks
Black Patch (1957) (uncredited) .... Saloon Dealer
Death in Small Doses (1957) (uncredited) .... Truck Consignment Man
"The Silent Service" .... Quartermaster (1 episode, 1957)
- The Spearfish Delivers (1957) TV Episode .... Quartermaster
"The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp" .... Jake Stevens (1 episode, 1957)
... aka Wyatt Earp
- The Nice Ones Always Die First (1957) TV Episode .... Jake Stevens
"The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin" .... Sergeant (1 episode, 1957)
- Boone's Commission (1957) TV Episode .... Sergeant
"Panic!" (1 episode, 1957)
... aka No Warning (USA: second season title)
- The Prisoner (1957) TV Episode
5 Steps to Danger (1957) .... Bud, Deputy Sheriff
Man in the Vault (1956) (uncredited) .... Andy
The Man Is Armed (1956)
"The Adventures of Jim Bowie" .... Jim McDonald (1 episode, 1956)
- Deputy Sheriff (1956) TV Episode .... Jim McDonald
"Screen Directors Playhouse" .... Sandhogger #4 (1 episode, 1956)
- High Air (1956) TV Episode .... Sandhogger #4
Nightmare (1956) (uncredited) .... Onlooker at Stan's Suicide Attempt
"Science Fiction Theatre" .... Detective Sergeant / ... (4 episodes, 1955-1956)
- Bullet Proof (1956) TV Episode .... Detective Sergeant
- The Water Maker (1955) TV Episode
- The Lost Heartbeat (1955) TV Episode
- Stranger in the Desert (1955) TV Episode .... Sheriff Grayson
"Sergeant Preston of the Yukon" .... Lefty Lamont (1 episode, 1956)
- Gold Fever (1956) TV Episode .... Lefty Lamont
Perils of the Wilderness (1956) .... Brent
"Judge Roy Bean" .... Clint Hammer / ... (2 episodes, 1956)
- Luck O' the Irish (1956) TV Episode .... Mac Larsen
- Spirit of the Law (1956) TV Episode .... Clint Hammer
The Rawhide Years (1955) (uncredited) .... Card Player
Lucy Gallant (1955) (uncredited) .... One of Casey's Air Force Buddies
... aka Oil Town (USA: reissue title)
"Fireside Theatre" .... Joe (2 episodes, 1950-1955)
- Cheese Champion (1955) TV Episode .... Joe
- The Bunker (1950) TV Episode (as Jack Mitchum)
Stalag 17 (1953) (uncredited) .... POW
The Lusty Men (1952) (uncredited) .... Jack Nemo
One Minute to Zero (1952) (uncredited) .... Artillery spotter
The Pace That Thrills (1952) (as John Mallory) .... Blackie Meyers
Submarine Command (1951) (uncredited) .... Bert
... aka The Submarine Story (USA)
Flying Leathernecks (1951) (uncredited) .... Lt. Black
Right Cross (1950) (uncredited) .... Sixth Reporter
Born to Be Bad (1950) (uncredited) .... Guest
In a Lonely Place (1950) (uncredited) .... Person
When Willie Comes Marching Home (1950) (uncredited) .... Schreves
The Devil's Sleep (1949) .... Doctor
Knock on Any Door (1949) (uncredited) .... Jury member
The Prairie (1947) (as Jack Mitchum) .... Asa Bush

Filmography as: Actor, Miscellaneous Crew, Self
Miscellaneous Crew - filmography
"F Troop" (singer) (1 episode, 1967)
- The Day They Shot Agarn (1967) TV Episode (singer)
Self
Roy Rogers, King of the Cowboys (1992)

Hi



Birth name
John Newman Mitchum
Nickname
Big John
Height
5' 11" (1.80 m)
Spouse
Nancy Munro
(1952 - 1976) (her death)
Bonnie Mitchum
(? - 29 November 2001) (his death)
Joy Grahame
(? - 1952) (divorced)
Joy Hallward
(? - ?) (divorced) 1 child

Trivia
Brother of Robert Mitchum
Uncle of Christopher Mitchum and James Mitchum.
Wrote the poetry for John Wayne's album America - Why I Love Her.
Sings folk songs on the album Our Land - Our Heritage, with introductions by Dan Blocker.
Well known as Frank DiGiorgio (Dirty Harry's partner) in the first three Dirty Harry films (Dirty Harry (1971), Magnum Force (1973) and The Enforcer (1976/I)).
Also a singer, songwriter, and poet.
Was a member of the Roger Wagner Chorale.
Children: daughters Victoria and Cindy.
Campaign in motion to have his beloved "America, Why I Love Her" nominated as the National Poem for the USA
From All Movie Guide: The younger brother of film star Robert Mitchum, American actor John Mitchum shared his family's Depression-era travails before striking out on his own. As brother Robert's star ascended in the mid '40s, John remained his elder sibling's boon companion, severest critic and drinking buddy. In later years, John was a convivial anecdotal source for books and articles about Bob, each reminiscense becoming more colorful as it was repeated for the next interview. After holding down a variety of jobs, John decided to give acting a try as a result of hearing Bob's tales of Hollywood revelry; too heavyset to be a leading man, John became a reliable character actor, usually in military or western roles. He frequently had small parts in his brother's starring films, notably One Minute to Zero (1951) and The Way West (1967). Most of John's movie work was done outside Robert's orbit, however, in such films as Cattle King (1963) and Paint Your Wagon (1970). Perhaps John Mitchum's best screen role was as Goering in the 1962 biopic Hitler; he may have been utterly opposed ideologically to the late German field marshal, but John certainly filled the costume. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

John Mitchum was born to Norwegian immigrant Ann Gunderson Mitchum in 1919; his father, James, was killed in a rail yard accident while Ann was still with child. He was preceded in birth by his sister Annette, and his brother Robert. They grew up in Connecticut for the most part, at times living with extended family in Delaware when the money was short.
His mother was a lovely and intelligent woman, who instilled in all her children a love for life and the written word, herself being an accomplished painter and writer. Musical ability ran in the family and sister Annette was not overlooked. Their mother never being one to hold her children back, Annette’s career had her travelling the country, eventually taking her to Long Beach, California.
When John was fourteen the family was once again hit by hard times, as was the case with most Americans during the depression. It became necessary for John and Robert to travel to California to join with Annette, leaving only with a pair of clean socks and a new handkerchief purchased by his mother, probably representing all the money she had. If only she could have given them a sense of direction.
Travelling to the Golden State was frought with danger and adventure, especially travelling by rail and hitchhiking. Eventually the two brothers made it to California, but not without seeing much of the countryside in the process. It was this experience that etched in John’s soul a deep love for the beauty of this country as well as a fierce sense of pride in her people. John wrote in his autobiography, Them Ornery Mitchum Boys, “I unabashedly love my country. I have travelled it in such a manner as to rub elbows with every strata of society, finding the great majority of my countrymen to be a warm and generous people.”
During their travels, the brothers had become separated; in Lake Charles, Louisiana, John arose from taking a drink to find a .38 revolver and a .45 automatic inches from his temples. A railroad detective and the town constable had come upon our intrepid travellers. The train began to move, and Robert started shouting, “C’mon, they won’t shoot!” The lawmen said, “Don’t move!” John whispered, “See ya.” From this point until he arrived, via Arkansas and Arizona, in Long Beach, John was on his own.
When he did finally arrive at sister Annettes apartment (she was now known as Julie) he came upon brother Robert in the bathtub. He splashed the suds away from his eyes and stared for a long moment. In true Robert Mitchum style, he looked up blandly and said, “What kept you?”
The California beaches proved to be a most agreeable place for young John and Robert. Throughout their school years they were constantly pitted against the school bully, and their fighting skills had been honed to proper boxing style at which they were both quite adept. Needless to say, their physiques turn many a pretty head on the beach. But John was a responsible young man, and enrolled himself into Polytechnic High School to obtain his diploma, which he received in 1936.
John had an urge to return to Delaware to visit his family, taking the only means of transportation he knew best; the rails. But he found that his love for California’s oceans and mountains (and girls) dwarfed his love for the Blue Hen State, and at the end of his summer with grandmother Petrine, he returned to his new home. He knew the way, this time.
John, on the other hand, was still unsettled as to what direction to take. He had aspirations to become an opera star, a writer, a sea captain and the heavyweight champion of the world. To that end, he studied voice, boxed and went to sea. He wrote for the school paper and penned short stories.
On one of John’s first ventures on the waters aboard the 106-foot Gloucester schooner, The Mariner, he proved his sea worthiness by surviving a full blown hurrican off the coast of Cabo San Lucas. The same fateful trip found him confronted with a recalcitrant sperm whale, presumably looking for the whaling ship that killed it’s mate.
With enough adventure under his belt for now, John also pursued his love for singing, eventually joining the world-renowned Roger Wagner Chorale. Still the avid fighter, he boxed his way to championship in the Army.
Although his list of life activities was broad, he did not consider acting to be a part of his future. Not until he was approached by an agent while walking down Santa Monica Boulevard in Hollywood. The man said, “Are you an actor?” John replied no, he wasn’t. The man then asked, “So do you want to be one?” “Why not?” was John’s reply. “Where do I go?”
The agent took him to a studio on Cahuenga Boulevard, explaining on the way that the director-producer of the film had just described the kind of man he wanted for the role. The director, Frank Wisbar—who had escaped the holocaust in Germany to start over again in America—stared at him from all angles. “Yes,” he slowly nodded in agreement with himself. John was hired to make his first picture, “The Prairie.”
John went on to act in over 60 films and 800 television shows, countless live appearances, very many of them for charitable organizations often instigated by John himself.
All of this on just a high-school diploma, but with a deep thirst for learning and living. Ghandi once said, “Learn as if you would live forever, live as if you would die tomorrow.” John Mitchum’s life exemplified this wisdom.

John Mitchum appeared with John Wayne on three occasions in:-
The Flying Leathernecks
Chisum
El Dorado

Hi

Known as an actor John Mitchum was also a fine musician and poet best known for his work America Why I Love Her

While making Chisum John Mitchum wrote a song for Forest Tucker. Tucker was so impressed that in a later conversation Mitchum recited Why Are You Marching Son, a poem he had written after his son had seen anti Vietnam protesters burning the American Flag.
Tucker took Mitchum to see John Wayne who was playing chess. As Mitchum recited the words Duke had tears in his eyes and agreed to recod America Why I Love Her. By the time he was actually in the recording session he was already showing signs of the cancer that would end his life and to make it easier he would rinse his mouth out with whiskey occasionally swallowing it and apologising.
At the end of the recording he was worried that his performance wouldn,t match Mitchum's words but needn't have worried.
Two of my favourite pieces from that record are
Why Are You Marching Son which although is geared to the United States Forces could with the exception of Vietnam also be used by a Britisher.
and
Taps

Why Are You Marching, Son? I'd really like to know!
Is it because of Valley Forge, or perhaps the Alamo?
Or, "One if by land--two if by sea,"
A trumpet's call...the will to be free?
And what of a man who stood straight and tall,
Who wept silent tears when he saw brave men fall?
No matter--no difference--the blue or the gray,
All were his brothers...how often he'd pray.
And what of Antietam--that now peaceful stream
Where the water, blood-red, glittered and gleamed?
Appomattox...Chickamauga..Vicksburg...Bull Run...
Cumberland...Gettysburg...and then Washington.
Why Are You Marching, Son?
In Flanders Fields, how proud were they
Whose forms beneath the poppies lay.
Men who saw Verdun...
And died at the Marne...Soissons...
And those who tried the fearful foe at Chateau-Thierry,
Who fought and bled...whose hearts grew weary,
But in whose minds one thought kept churning--
That the torch of liberty keep burning.
Why Are You Marching, Son?
The planes swarmed in, and the rising sun
Glowed fiercely on the evil done
To men whose blood runs through our veins,
Men who died, and whose remains
Life forever locked in waters deep.
Now, is it right that they should sleep
While the warm sea laps at a twisted hull
And see the torch of liberty grow dull?
Anzio...Cassino...and the Po!
St. Mere Eglise...Le Mans...St. Lo!
Gardelegen...Buchenwald...
On and on the roll is called!
And why?...Why Are You Marching, Son?
Bugles shrilled in the frozen night,
And at first dawn, the awful sight
Of seas of men...row after row,
Left to die on blood-stained snow!
Pusan...Pyongyang...Suwan...Kyongju!
And blood-red ran the swift Yalu!
In South Vietnam the big guns roared,
And once again we fought a war
To honor a pledge our nation gave
To help that little country save
Her people from the certainty
That she'd be ruled by tyranny.
No matter where the big guns roar,
Our fighting men, like those before,
Take the torch we all hold dear
And face freedom's enemies without fear.
Our fathers died from sea to sea,
And blessed the torch of liberty.
Why?...Why Are You Marching, Son?

It was July in Virginia.
The scent of the dogwood and the laurel lay heavy on the land,
While the burgeoning fruit of the peach and the apple
Marked the full sway of summer.
For seven fateful days, the trees, the flowers...
Yes, the very ground itself...
Had shuddered under the roar of cannon...
The bark of howitzers...and the crackling of a legion of rifles.
Now, all was silent.
The sledgehammer blows of Robert E. Lee and "Stonewall" Jackson
Had mauled the Army of the Potomac...
And yet that army was not destroyed.
Seven thousand men had fallen in that dreadful week...and the savagery of the conflict
Was grimly evident in the river of wounded...that wound through the gree hills.
Now, a new sound drifted in the soft evening sky.
For Colonel Dan Butterfield, a courageous and able soldier,
Was also a man of music.
To honor his fallen comrades, he had composed a simple and heartrending melody.
On July second, in the year 1862,
Its strains floated over the graves that scarred the dark Virginia earth.
It has been more than a hundred years since that sound was born...
but these notes have never died away.
Every night of the year, throughout the world, fighting men of America,
From the North and the south, the East and the West,
Close their eyes in sleep to its call.
And in each of their hearts...there glows a fierce surge of pride.

Hi Kieth

I take your point about the colours thanks

wrt America Why I Love Her I agree with you. I bought the 33 from Dave Cutts but was frightened to play it to often then I bought the CD a little later.

Hi Kieth

I must admit the thought crossed my mind if between us we completed the Mitchum family ie Jim and Julie Mitchum. What do you think?


Regards

Arthur

Hi Kieth

I agree with you about the photos, I'll take Julie

Regards

Arthur

Hi Jim and Sue

No I 'm afraid I can't claim this work as all mine it was taken from various articles.

Regards

Arthur

p.s Getting on to it now Kieth and yes red for the girls.

Hi

In his book Them Ornery Mitchum Boys John Mitchum tells the story that occured during the making of El Dorado . Playing the bartender Elmer Mitchum is confronted by Wayne and Mitchum (Robert). The script calls for Mitchum to reache for his gun and he ends up with his hands covered in splinters as his brother fires at him.

Mitchum was told by Howard Hawks that a squib would be set to go off after three seconds but ordered the timing to be set for one. Mitchum said that the look on his face was not acting.


Regards

Arthur