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Oh Dad, a Search for Robert Mitchum
Lloyd Robson
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Description for Oh Dad, a Search for Robert Mitchum
Paperback. Robert Mitchum was a Hollywood bad-boy and one of the greatest screen actors of the twentieth century. But his pre-fame life is cloaked in mystery, the truth hidden within conflicting tales of time spent as a Depression-era hobo, prizefighter, escaped felon - and secret poet. This book provides a personification of Film Noir, Robert Mitchum. Num Pages: 544 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 215 x 38. Weight in Grams: 586.
Robert Mitchum - aka 'Mr Bad Taste', 'Trouble Himself', 'The Man with the Immoral Face', 'Daddy Bad' - was the original Hollywood bad-boy and one of the greatest screen actors of the twentieth century. But his pre-fame life is cloaked in mystery, the truth hidden within conflicting tales of time spent as a Depression-era hobo, prizefighter, escaped felon - and secret poet. Writer and broadcaster Lloyd Robson trailed the Eastern Seaboard in search of Mitchum, his poetry, America, a surrogate father, and how to be a man. "Oh Dad!" is the result - a boozy, drug-fuelled attempt to define masculinity ... Read more
Robert Mitchum - aka 'Mr Bad Taste', 'Trouble Himself', 'The Man with the Immoral Face', 'Daddy Bad' - was the original Hollywood bad-boy and one of the greatest screen actors of the twentieth century. But his pre-fame life is cloaked in mystery, the truth hidden within conflicting tales of time spent as a Depression-era hobo, prizefighter, escaped felon - and secret poet. Writer and broadcaster Lloyd Robson trailed the Eastern Seaboard in search of Mitchum, his poetry, America, a surrogate father, and how to be a man. "Oh Dad!" is the result - a boozy, drug-fuelled attempt to define masculinity ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Parthian Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
544
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
Number of Pages
544
Place of Publication
Cardigan, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781905762132
SKU
V9781905762132
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Ref
99-44
About Lloyd Robson
lloyd robson has spent the last four years in search of Robert Mitchum. The result is a book which crosses several genres: biography, travelogue, a reflection on manhood and lloyd's own gonzo journalistic search for the screen icon. Already the basis for a successful radio programme -- the Sunday Telegraph radio choice of the day -- Oh Dad! Broadcast by ... Read more
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