Background
Mitchell was born Dominic Salvatore Miceli in Farrell, Pennsylvania.
Mitchell was born Dominic Salvatore Miceli in Farrell, Pennsylvania.
Mitchell often performed his nightclub act in and around Palm Springs, California and anointed himself the "King of Palm Springs."
In 1951, he teamed with teenaged comic Sammy Petrillo for a nightclub acting Mitchell"s cabaret-style crooning and Petrillo"s manic, rubber-faced clowning bore more than a passing resemblance to the popular team of Martin and Lewis, causing Jerry Lewis to take legal action. The suit was later dismissed.
Movie producer Jack Broder intended to star Mitchell and Petrillo in a feature-length comedy.
Petrillo later recalled his suspicion that Broder never really intended to make the film: Broder expected Paramount to pay him off, but when Paramount dropped the lawsuit, Broder had to follow through. The resulting film was Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla, a jungle-themed comedy.
Stars who would take the weekend plunge into the Palm Springs scene and join the brunch festivities on Sunday. Several of Mitchell’s projects originally weren"t released, including his "Tribute to Durante" and his second feature film Gone with the Pope which only existed as a work print when it was found in Jeffey Mitchell"s Duke"s son"s garage by Grindhouse Releasing’s Bob Murawski and Sage Stallone.
Sage wanted to purchase Gone With The Pope from Jeffrey Mitchell and he did, save for the musical rights, as Mitchell"s music is published out of London.
lieutenant was carefully restored and released theatrically in 2011 by Grindhouse Releasing, which has also restored and released Mitchell’s Massacre Mafia Stylewhich is owned by Jeffrey Mitchell and Bob Murawski on Blu-ray in 2015. On December 2, 1981, Mitchell died of lung cancer at the age of 55.