European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 1, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 16 the stars and stripes tuesday april 1, 1986mitchum s last run by Jerry Buck associated press Robert Mitchum who just Complete Thompson s last run for lbs likes to reminisce about his 40 years in the movie business. For example he recalls the time in 1960 he worked on the sundowners in Australia. We started up in the snowy River mountains where they were building a Tva Type project. Then we worked our Way Down to Whyalla and 60-mile winds off the Victoria desert raised temperatures to 116 degrees. We did t have any stunt men so they got some Irish expatriate off the docks and he was beating the tar out of me. Suddenly the director fainted Fror Rathe heat. I gave him some smelling salts and he came around. The irishmen went Back to pounding me again and it was a he also recalls his first television experience the winds of War which took 11 months to film and ran for 18 hours on Abc. He says he s never seen it through and does t intend to. That miniseries was filmed before the television movie one shoe makes it murder which also starred Mitchum but the thriller went on the air first. Mitchum allows that he does t see much difference Between movies and television except for the hours. I Learned about the hours says Mitchum Chain smoking cigarettes. There Are pouches under his familiar sleepy eyes and his face is beginning to slip in the direction of his Collar. When you work on a theatrical movie you work eight hours a Day. The last three Days we worked on Thompson s last run we worked from one o clock in the afternoon until six the next morning three Days Thompson s last run is a Story about a convict written by an sex convict. It tells the Story of an aging habitual criminal who escapes while being transferred to a new prison to begin a life sentence. Wilford Brimley also stars As Mitchum s boyhood chum who stayed on the right Side of the Law and is performing his last Job As a Dallas county Texas Deputy sheriff when he loses Mitchum. The county quickly retires the Deputy but Brimley says i lost him. I la bring him Kathleen York plays the convict s Niece who helps him escape. She s an sex Hooker looking for a better life for her Young son. We filmed the prison sequence in Mcalester okla.," Mitchum says. We met a kid who paints and plays guitar. A Well spoken fellow. He was the Leader of the riots after we left. One of the Crew lost a Good leather jacket in the prison. It was there one minute and gone the next. The guards sent a Man to look for it. He was Back with the coat in a minute and a half. The Man had a Long string of murders on his record both in and out of prison. Talk about . Hutton when he talks they Mitchum says John Thompson the main character in the to movie is a Guy who s looking at life in prison. A lot of these Guys spend too much of their life going in and getting out of prison. So i imagine the psychology is that when they get out they have to hit it big to make up for lost he says that John Carlen who wrote the screenplay is a former convict. He Learned to write in the writing seminar at terminal Island Federal Penitentiary says Mitchum. Mitchum began his film career in 1943 playing heavies in hop along Cassidy Cowboy movies. His break came in 1945 when he was cast As the doomed infantry officer in the Story of . Joe. He was nominated for an Academy award. He now devotes himself almost entirely to television movies. His last theatrical films were the ambassador that championship season and a Small role in Maria s lovers. Mitchum in september starred in promises to keep which also featured his son Christopher and grandson Bentley. Asked How he liked working with his family he answers it kept them self supporting for a couple of War and remembrance the sequel to the winds of Hurrah for Hollywood by Vernon Scott United press International Dolly Parton looked anything but country girl in her modernistic Chrome Penthouse suite of offices on the Sunset strip in Hollywood calif., but she still talked and acted the part of a Tennessee Good old girl. She was bursting with enthusiasm for her latest project Hollywood a sort of Disneyland of country music food and culture in the Smoky mountains. The buxom blonde Singer is in partnership with the owners of what was the area s Silver Dollar City amusement Park giving the 400-acre establishment a new name and a new theme for the nation s tourists. Several years ago Parton was searching Tennessee s Sevier county for real estate on which to build a theme Park for her favorite part of the country. The operators of Silver Dollar City suggested she join their going concern. This is one of the Best things that Ever happened to me said Parton. I wanted to take something Back to my Home town she said. Hollywood is in Pigeon forge Only 25 Miles from Knoxville and a five hour drive from Nashville. It s on the main tourist route in those wonderful mountains. It s a Joy and pleasure to be part of it. And i m Happy i did t have to Start from Parton will be on hand for opening week ceremonies May 2-9 and will appear three or four times a year in concert at the Park s Parton s Back porch theater. We got All kinds of exciting things going on she said. There Are rides like the Smoky Mountain River rampage and a lot of kiddie attractions. We also have the Hollywood express a five mile old fashioned train ride through the smokes like they used to be 100 years ago. There s also a copy of the House i grew up in and a Dolly Parton museum sort of a rags to riches history of my life. It has souvenirs mementos and. Restaurants featuring Southern dishes. My favorite is aunt Granny s Dixie fixing. I helped raise my nieces and nephews and now they Call me aunt Granny. It will serve turnip greens Pinto Beans Cornbread Southern Fried Chicken and All those Good the Miner s diner restaurant will serve burgers Fries and Fried Apple pie. There s also the Chilin stuff restaurant. Yet another attraction is the music Hall an old time theater in which country music will hold Sway much of it provided by members of Parton s family. Hollywood will be big on Mountain crafts and arts. A music store will sell copies of country musical instruments and of course Parton s records. The Silver Dollar grist Mill & bakery will feature a hand Hen log Mill that grinds fresh flour and meal for the bakery that Sells hot cinnamon bread Carrot cake and cookies. Next year Well build a big Amphitheater for concerts by country and Western music stars Parton said. That will allow us to do some National to musical shows right from the Park. Well be open six months a year when the smokes Are their most Beautiful with Flowers and Trees in Bloom and the streams flowing Parton says she likes to think of herself As a Good businesswoman. She has invested wisely Over the a photo actor Robert Mitchum has just finished work on another to movie. War is now in production in Europe. No replacement has yet been selected for his role As capt. Pug Henry but Mitchum knows it in t going to be him. I never saw winds of War he says. All the tapes but i m certainly not going to sit there and watch through 18 hours. That was a lot of Tough work. I went from the flu to pneumonia to pleurisy and Back again. I broke my shoulder and cracked three Mitchum who lives quietly in Santa Barbara with his wife of 45 years Dorothy also has no intention of Ever doing a series. I Haven t been offered any in a Long time he says. I Don t know if i could manage that. I can t see putting in All those Long hours week after c a n n a photo Singer Dolly Parton is opening an amusement Park. Years with most of her projects related to the music business. She s currently developing a new to and film production Deal with Universal pictures. She said her involvement with Hollywood has t interfered with her singing and acting career. She performs in concerts around the country and is now working with Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin on a movie follow up to their hit film 9 to 5. Smoky Mountain National Park is one of the most visited of All the National Parks she said. So we expect to see a lot of folks at Hollywood. If it s a Success we re thinking about opening amusement Parks in other parts of the country with themes to fit the areas. People think of us As Hillbillies and Moonshiner. That s not How it is. I think Hollywood will show Tennessee in a True
