"TRUE GRIT" REMAKE IN NEW MEXICO

Nothing will make you feel older than when some young punk doesn't know about movies like "True Grit" or even knows who John Wayne is!! One of my best friends in Hollywood in the seventies was married to Robert Mitchum's son, Jimmy. No one here in New Mexico seems to know who Robert Mitchum is, or was. I have fond memories of the old coot. He was a character and loved telling stories about himself like how he turned down a film lead after he had retired telling the director he was going to kill himself so couldn't do it. The director told him to just do this film and then he could kill himself. The film was "Ryan's Daughter" , one of my favorites still. Another time, the Mitchums gave a New Years Eve party with all the top A list stars of the time, or at least his time. Most people left but we stayed with the family and when I mentioned that I was hungry about 3 am, he took me out into his big kitchen and made me fettucine alfredo with noodles he had had sent in from Italy. He talked about his kids like any ordinary dad. I loved most when he wryly told stories of being the first star to be arrested for pot. He was so proud. I loved that guy and wish I could pick up the phone today to talk to him.