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A couple of weeks after the wedding, Aunt Viv phoned me. "Jennifer, how about we drive out to the farm and see how Molly and Harris are getting along?" Of course I said yes. We stopped at a bakery in town and got a coconut cake, Molly's favorite. We didn't know what Harris liked.
He cut the cake and made coffee. "How did you girls know I love coconut?" he joked.
"We decided to move in and starve together, because we had nothing. One night after the play, Bob overheard the playwright telling a blond actress to come to his house that night. He was having a cocktail party and Robert Mitchum would be there. Bob was determined to talk to Mitchum, so we dressed in our best and crashed the party. The butler seemed dubious, but our beauty blinded him, and he let us in" Harris said laughing. We laughed, too. He was such a likeable guy.
"So all night cocktails were going down and Mitchum was surrounded by people. Bob couldn't get anywhere near. But around midnight Mitchum is staggering a bit and starts to leave. Bob rushes up and says "Mr. Mitchum, I'd like to go to Hollywood and break into movies. What's your advice?" Mitchum stares at Bob's beautiful face and says 'There's lots of pretty boys trying to get a break in Hollywood. The only one who'd be prettier than you is Tony Curtis. He can't act, but he's pretty. But kid, you gotta get rid of that hick cornpone accent.' And with that Mitchum wobbles out. From that moment Bob is determined to get to California and get a speech coach."
susil
at that last bit ---hick cornpone accent ---he can talk , heard him once out here when making a movie--his speech different when not making movie 
But thanks for telling me! 
He had that "bad boy" appeal.