Happy Holidays everyone. I figured since it's that time of year again I would do some reviews on old movies that you might not know about. the first is Holiday Affair starring one of my favorites men of the sliver screen, Robert Mitchum.
know for those of you who might know Robert Mitchum from such movies as Cape fear and night of the hunter you might think that having Mitchum in a Christmas movie would be the equivalent of having Hannibal Lectar play Santa clause. But what most people don't know is that his fame for his roles as the villain in those movies only came years later when he developed a cult fallowing. When he was alive he was most noted for his westerns and romance comedy's.
in the movie Mitchum plays a sales clerk who falls in love with a singel mother whos thinking of getting married to another man on christmas. But that not gonna stop old Bob Mitchum. he trys to win her over by buying the presenst for her son she cant afford and even going so far as to convince her to marry him instead. like all those old movies this has a happ ending but i never being one to give away spoilers, youll just have to see it for yourslef.
on a personal note: I have it on good athority Robert Mitchum only took this role due to him being charged with possesion of marigunia which back then was the equlivilant of a crack pipe and a hooker. so in oder to show that he was still holsome he opted to be cast in this family christmas movie.
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