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    • Aug 6, 1917
    Actor Robert Mitchum is born in Bridgeport, Connecticut. The star of such films as "River Of No Return," "Cape Fear" and "Thunder Road," he earns a country hit in 1967 with "Little Old Wine Drinker Me"
    Aug 6, 1943
    Tex Ritter stars in the debuts of "The Lone Star Trail" and "Frontier Badmen." "Badmen," which features an appearance by Lon Chaney, is the only movie in which Ritter does not sing. "Lone Star" also includes roles for Jimmy Wakely, Johnny Bond and Robert Mitchum
    Aug 21, 1944
    Dean Jagger stars in the debuting movie "When Strangers Marry." Also spotted on the big screen: Robert Mitchum and former Grand Ole Opry star Lee "Lasses" White
    Sep 1, 1948
    Actor Robert Mitchum is one of four people arrested for marijuana use at a home in the Hollywood Hills. Mitchum fears it will end his career, but he goes on to take part in many more movies as well as a country hit: "Little Old Wine Drinker Me"
    Apr 30, 1954
    "River Of No Return" debuts in movie theaters. Starring Robert Mitchum and Marilyn Monroe, its theme song becomes a country hit for Tennessee Ernie Ford
    May 10, 1958
    Robert Mitchum stars as the war-themed picture "Thunder Road" debuts in theaters. The film will be memorialized in The Statler Brothers' 1977 country hit "The Movies"
    Aug 26, 1958
    Robert Mitchum and Robert Wagner star as the Korean War film "The Hunters" premieres in New York City. The title appears in the lyrics of The Statler Brothers' 1977 country hit "The Movies"
    Jan 19, 1967
    Robert Mitchum records "Little Old Wine Drinker Me" in Nashville
    Sep 3, 1975
    "The Jim Stafford Show," featuring Deborah Allen, ends its six-week run as a summer replacement series for ABC. The week's guests include "Little Ole Wine Drinker Me" singer Robert Mitchum
    Feb 24, 1976
    John Denver sings "Rocky Mountain High" and "America, The Beautiful" as Hollywood honors Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. Also in the room: Frank Sinatra, Diana Ross, George Burns, Johnny Carson and Robert Mitchum
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