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^ 1920 U.S. Census, Louisville Ward 4, Jefferson, Kentucky; Roll: T625_578; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 98; Image: 1039
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^ Applegate, Kris (2014). Legendary Locals of Louisville, Kentucky . United States: Arcadia Publishing. p. 73. ISBN 978-1-4671-0138-7 .
^ Jump up to: a b Wise, James E., Jr. and Anne Collier Rehill. Stars in Blue . Naval Institute Press, 1997, p. 201. ISBN 1-55750-937-9 .
^ Jump up to: a b Churchill, Douglas W. (June 29, 1941). "Tales from Hollywood" . New York Times . p. X3.
^ "Tentin' Tonight, As Usual, Vic Will Be a Star: Rebellious Young Man Quits Business to Starve, but Wins". The Washington Post . September 4, 1939. p. 12.
^ " 'Housekeeper's Daughter' Anomaly Among Comedies". Los Angeles Times . September 11, 1939. p. 8.
^ Hopper, Hedda (November 13, 1939). "Hedda Hopper's Hollywood". Los Angeles Times . p. 16.
^ Scheuer, Philip K. (June 14, 1942). "Town Called Hollywood". Los Angeles Times . p. C3.
^ Hough, Donald (February 2, 1941). "Third Choice First: Victor Mature was broke. He stood at the fork of three paths—all dark. The reason you are reading about him is that he chose the third". Los Angeles Times . p. I7.
^ Churchill, Douglas W. (October 26, 1940). "News of the Screen: 'Replenish the Earth,' Novel, Is Purchased by Fox—'East of the River' Arrives at the Globe" . New York Times . p. 18.
^ Scheuer, Philip K. (September 20, 1940). "Stardom for Mitchell as College Professor: Gwenn Also to 'Teach': Sylvia Sidney Signed: Mature May Do 'Sunny Withers' Subject Named Butler Plans Race Yarn". Los Angeles Times . p. A12.
^ "22 Films Planned by United Artists: Independent Producers Plan to Invest $30,000,000 in New Features Next Season" . New York Times . May 14, 1940. p. 31.
^ "CRITIC AT LARGE: MATURE STILL HAS A HUNK OF A TIME" Champlin, Charles. Los Angeles Times : m1
^ "MATURE WILL ACT IN HART MUSICAL: His Contract to Act Opposite Gertrude Lawrence Leads to Dispute With Group 'SUZANNA' TO PLAY SUNDAY Ten Shows Will Begin New Policy Weak Later—Additional Theatre News Engaged for Dennis King Show Maeterlinck Play Opens Dec. 15" New York Times November 13, 1940: 28.
^ "Victor Mature Hits Stride" Thomas, Kevin. Los Angeles Times 7 December 1966: D15.
^ "THE PLAY IN REVIEW: Gertrude Lawrence Appears in Moss Hart's Musical Drama, 'Lady in the Dark,' With a Score by Kurt Weill and Lyrics by Ira Gershwin" by BROOKS ATKINSON. New York Times January 24, 1941: 14.
^ "ALDRICH AND MYERS BUY PLAY BY ACTOR: Allen Nourse's 'John Burgess, Berlin' Is Purchased for Production in Fall BARBARA KENT GETS ROLE Joins Cast of 'The Happiest Days' – 'Theatre' Undergoing Changes in Personnel" New York Times April 28, 1941: 11.
^ Churchill, Douglas W. (June 18, 1941). "Victor Mature Cast in Leading Roles for Two Films — 'Tight Shoes' Opening Tonight at Rialto". New York Times . p. 25.
^ Churchill, Douglas W. (July 16, 1941). "Screen News Here and in Hollywood: Gene Tierney to Play Role of Poppy in 'Shanghai Gesture' for United Artists; 'The Get-away' Arrives — Melodrama Opens Today at Rialto — Fred MacMurray to Have Lead in New Comedy". New York Times . p. 14.
^ Schallert, Edwin (October 16, 1941). "Subjects Once Banned May Become Pictures: 'Gesture' Generates Idea; Stewart to Adapt Shaw; Mature Going Tropical; Berlin Pens Film Tunes; Dorsey Singers to Sign". Los Angeles Times . p. 16.
^ Vallance, Tom (August 11, 1999). "Obituary: Victor Mature" . The Independent . Archived from the original on August 17, 2022 . Retrieved March 20, 2010 .
^ Churchill, Douglas W. (October 26, 1941). "Discord in Hollywood: Being a Resume of Why Three Stars Are Unhappy — Shaking Out the Moth Balls". New York Times . p. X5.
^ Churchill, Douglas W. (October 14, 1941). "Screen News Here and in Hollywood: Victor Mature to Star in New Film After Adjustment of Salary by Hal Roach: R.A.F. Picture to Arrive: 'Target for Tonight,' Opening at Globe Friday, Shows Air Raids Over Germany". New York Times . p. 29.
^ Brady, Thomas (November 23, 1941). " 'Yankee Doodle Dandy' Nears the Cameras: Film About George M. Cohan Will Boost The Democratic Way — A Star Is Sold". New York Times . p. X5.
^ Jump up to: a b c Harmetz, Aljean (December 12, 1971). "Victor Mature—Fresh Out of Rancho Santa Fe". Los Angeles Times . p. Z1.
^ Schallert, Edwin (May 18, 1942). "Drama: Rita Hayworth, Mature Reunion Much Sought; Kaye's Sylvia Scripter; Tone's Bride Makes Test; Cotten in 'Casablanca'; John Beal Faces Camera; Carlson in 'White Cargo' ". Los Angeles Times . p. 14.
^ "SCREEN NEWS HERE AND IN HOLLYWOOD: Rosemary Lane to Return to Films in Feminine Lead in Republic's 'Chatterbox' THREE PICTURES TO OPEN ' Casablanca' Due at Hollywood – 'White Cargo' at Capitol, 'Ravaged Earth' at Gaiety" By Telephone to THE NEW YORK TIMES.. New York Times November 26, 1942: 41
^ "M'Callister Gets Lead in 'Red House': Out of Army, Actor Resumes Career With Sol Lesser—New Picture at Globe". New York Times . December 27, 1945. p. 16.
^ Memo from Darryl F. Zanuck to John Ford dated 8 January 1946, Rudy Behlmer, ed. Memo from Darryl F. Zanuck , Grove Press, 1993 p102
^ "To Victor Belong the Spoils". Chicago Daily Tribune . April 20, 1947. p. G13.
^ "Mature Will Star in 'Kiss of Death': Fox Buys Story of Convict by Lawrence Blaine for Actor --Hathaway to Direct". New York Times . November 12, 1946. p. 53.
^ Brady, Thomas F. (August 30, 1947). "The News of the Screen". New York Times . p. 9.
^ Schallert, Edwin (November 6, 1947). "Drama and Film: March 'Saxon' Lured; 'Seventh Heaven' Astir". Los Angeles Times . p. A3.
^ "Cry of the City (1948) - Robert Siodmak | Review | AllMovie" . www.allmovie.com . Retrieved December 6, 2021 .
^ Brady, Thomas F. (June 12, 1948). "Two Movie Leads to Victor Mature: He Will Co-Star With Lamarr in 'Samson and Delilah,' Be Seen in 'Interference' ". New York Times . p. 9.
^ Koury, Phil (June 20, 1948). "HAIRCUT BY DE MILLE: Biblical Strong Man Meets Tough Foe in Director". New York Times . p. X3.
^ Brady, Thomas (October 31, 1948). "HOLLYWOOD DOSSIER: Biblical Drama With DeMille Flourishes – Musical Documentary – Other Items". New York Times . p. X5.
^ Wood, Bret. "Samson and Delilah" . TCM Film Article . Retrieved March 3, 2018 .
^ Daugherty, Frank (January 28, 1949). "Betty Hutton, Victor Mature for New Film". The Christian Science Monitor . p. 5.
^ Davis, Ronald L. (2005). Just making movies . University Press of Mississippi. p. 19 . ISBN 9781578066902 .
^ Pryor, Thomas (December 14, 1949). "Studio Suspension for Victor Mature: Fox Star Refuses to Play Role in RKO Film, 'Mike Fury,' on Loan-out Commitment". New York Times . p. 44.
^ Brady, Thomas F. (January 4, 1950). "Mature Returned to Payroll at Fox: Actor Had Been Suspended for Refusing Role in RKO Deal—Now Agrees to Part of Local Origin". New York Times . p. 31.
^ Brady, Thomas F. (March 13, 1950). "Hawks, Lasker Buy Rights to 'Big Sky': Producing Firm Acquires A. B. Guthrie Novel for Filming in the Late Summer—Ross Acquires "Rendezvous". New York Times . p. 15.
^ "Mature Injured in 'Cycle Crash' ". New York Times . September 6, 1950. p. 47.
^ Scheuer, Philip K. (September 8, 1950). "Marbles New Gimmick on Film; Pine-Thomas to Put Out 'Big Fire' ". Los Angeles Times . p. B11.
^ "Wasp, Snow Help Cancel Picture Work". Los Angeles Times . September 11, 1950. p. 26<.
^ Schallert, Edwin. "Cowan Seeking Unique Musical Cast; New Norse Find Due in Hollywood". Los Angeles Times !date=15 December 1950 . p. 31.
^ Brady, Thomas F. (June 12, 1951). "Metro Purchases Two News Stories: 'Death at Attention,' Recently Published Serial, and 'Oh Promise Me' Acquired". New York Times . p. 35.
^ Scheuer, Philip K. (March 23, 1952). "Annette Kellerman's All for Esther Now: Original One-Piece Bathing Suit Girl Recalls 'Indecent Exposure' Furor". Los Angeles Times . p. D3.
^ Williams, Esther (1999). The Million Dollar Mermaid: An Autobiography . Simon & Schuster. pp. 212–213. ISBN 0-15-601135-2 .
^ Pryor, Thomas M. (April 26, 1952). "Film Men to Fight 2 G. O. P. Candidates: Decrying 'Unfair' Attacks, Anti-Communists Will Oppose Their Congressional Bids". New York Times . p. 18.
^ Schallert, Edwin (July 10, 1952). "Victor Mature Stars Opposite Simmons; Wald Seeks New Hayward Deal". Los Angeles Times . p. A11.
^ "Victor Mature to Do 'Story of Demetrius'" Hopper, Hedda. Los Angeles Times January 10, 1953: 14.
^ "RANDOM OBSERVATIONS ON PICTURES AND PEOPLE" By HOWARD THOMPSON. New York Times September 20, 1953: X5.
^ "CinemaScope Supporters Confident: Hollywood Letter" by Richard Dyer MacCann. The Christian Science Monitor November 24, 1953: 11.
^ "Drama: Victor Mature Likely for Europe; Westerns Claiming Philip Carey" Schallert, Edwin. Los Angeles Times September 18, 1953: 20.
^ "MOVIE PRODUCERS 'LURED' OVERSEAS: Foreign 'Pressures,' Including Subsidies, Basis for Trend, Actors' Spokesman Says" by THOMAS M. PRYOR . New York Times November 27, 1953: 22.
^ "Drama: Gann Book About Hong Kong Likely for Wayne; Gomez to Play Skipper" Schallert, Edwin. Los Angeles Times January 1, 1954: B7.
^ "Mature Renews Pact 12th Time" Los Angeles Times January 17, 1954: E4.
^ "SUBSIDIES TO ITALY ON FILMS DECRIED: Talks on New Agreement Are Seeking End to the Practice, Held 'Dangerous' Precedent" by THOMAS M. PRYOR . New York Times May 22, 1954: 8.
^ "M-G-M TO MAKE 27 FILMS IN YEAR: 8 Movies Will Start Within 60 Days – Three Broadway Plays on Studio Schedule" . New York Times August 4, 1954: 17.
^ Hedda Hopper, 'Victor Mature Signs Deal for 2 Films at $200,000 Each' Chicago Daily Tribune November 6, 1954: 16.
^ "SPIEGEL ACQUIRES BOOK FILM RIGHTS: Producer Hopes to Get John Ford to Direct 'The Bridge Over the River Kwai'" by THOMAS M. PRYOR . New York Times November 20, 1954: 10
^ "FILM LADIES' DAY: THREE STARS CAST: Elizabeth Taylor, Rosalind Russell and Eleanor Holm Signed for New Movies" by THOMAS M. PRYOR . New York Times March 18, 1955: 33.
^ "TV PACT IS SIGNED BY SCREEN GUILD: Agreement by Du Mont and Union Includes Use of New Video Filming Method" by THOMAS M. PRYOR . New York Times May 9, 1955: 28.
^ "I Wasn't Meant To Be A Hero" MATURE, VICTOR. Los Angeles Times December 16, 1956: N10.
^ "'SHARKFIGHTERS' IN THE CARIBBEAN: Sam Goldwyn Jr. Films Drama on Location In and Off Cuba The Stars Seafarers The Story" by GRADY JOHNSON. New York Times April 1, 1956: 99.
^ "Mature Arranges Pact With Borzage; Curtis Plans Matador Cinema" Schallert, Edwin. Los Angeles Times September 25, 1957: C13.
^ "STUDIO SUSPENDS KIM NOVAK PACT: Columbia Acts After She Refuses Paramount Role-- Debbie Reynolds to Star Nature Has Its Way" . New York Times August 31, 1957: 18.
^ "HOLLYWOOD ARENA: 'Big Circus' Troupe Works to Equal Big Top's Authenticity and Color" by THOMAS M. PRYOR HOLLYWOOD.. New York Times January 11, 1959: X7.
^ "Whatever Happened to Lady Joan?" Los Angeles Times June 27, 1978: f6.
^ "Department of Homeland Security, United States Coast Guard History" .
^ Kevin Thomas, 'Victor Mature Hits Stride', Los Angeles Times December 7, 1966: D15.
^ Shipman, David. The Great Movie Stars: The International Years . St. Martin's Press, 1972, p. 330
^ Scott Vernon, 'Victor Mature's back', Chicago Tribune 21 November 1971: t20.
^ Jump up to: a b "No Lions to Slay at Rancho Santa Fe" Tedrick, Dan. Los Angeles Times May 29, 1980: sd_a6
^ "Victor Mature Divorced" . The Sydney Morning Herald . No. 32, 802. New South Wales, Australia. February 12, 1943. p. 6 . Retrieved July 8, 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
^ 'Victor Mature's Wife Wins Divorce, $500,000: Judge Grants Decree After Hearing Her Testify He Often Flew Into Rages in Public', Los Angeles Times November 9, 1955: A1.
^ Jump up to: a b Natale, Richard (August 10, 1999). "Victor Mature dies at 86" . variety.com . Retrieved February 28, 2020 .
^ 'Victor Mature Takes 4th Wife at Tijuana', Los Angeles Times December 13, 1959: A.
^ "Victor Mature" . October 25, 2019.
^ David Thomson, The New Biographical Dictionary of Film , Little Brown 2002 p 576
^ "SHAW BECOMES PRANKISH IN SATIRE AT PLAYHOUSE" Los Angeles Times August 9, 1938: 9.
^ "COMINGS AND GOINGS LATEST STUDIO AND THEATER GOSSIP THE DRAMA WORLD: NEW PLAY TAKES LOOK BEHIND HOTEL SCENE" von Blon, Katherine T. Los Angeles Times October 2, 1938: C2.
^ "'PARADISE PLANTATION' POIGNANT FOOTLIGHT PIECE"
KATHERINET VON BLON. Los Angeles Times November 26, 1938: A7.
^ "LITTLE THEATERS" Katherine Von Blon. Los Angeles Times April 16, 1939: C4.
^ Production details Lady in the Dark at IBDB
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^ Melody Maker , 1985
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Victor John Mature (January 29, 1913 – August 4, 1999) was an American stage, film, and television actor who starred most notably in several movies during the 1950s. His best known film roles include One Million B.C. (1940), My Darling Clementine (1946), Kiss of Death (1947), Samson and Delilah (1949), and The Robe (1953). He also appeared in many musicals opposite such stars as Rita Hayworth and Betty Grable .
Mature was born in Louisville, Kentucky . His father, Marcello Gelindo Maturi, later Marcellus George Mature, was a cutler from Pinzolo , in the Italian part of the former County of Tyrol (now Trentino in Italy, but at that time part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire ). [1] [2] His mother, Clara P. (Ackley), was Kentucky -born and of Swiss heritage. [3] An older brother, Marcellus Paul Mature, died of osteomyelitis in 1918 at age 11. [4] Victor attended St. Xavier High School [5] in Louisville, Kentucky, the Kentucky Military Institute , and the Spencerian Business School . He briefly sold candy and operated a restaurant before moving to California. [6]
Mature studied and acted at the Pasadena Community Playhouse . For three years, he lived in a tent in the back yard of Mrs Willigan, the mother of a fellow student, Catherine Lewis. He was spotted by Charles R. Rogers , an agent for Hal Roach , while acting in a production of To Quito and Back . Rogers called him "a rival to Clark Gable , Robert Taylor and Errol Flynn ." [7] Mature signed a seven-year contract with Roach in September 1939. [8]
Roach cast Mature in a small role in The Housekeeper's Daughter (1939), for which one reviewer called him "a handsome Tarzan type". [9] Roach then gave Mature his first leading role, as a fur-clad caveman in One Million B.C. (1940). The film was highly publicized and it raised Mature's profile; Hedda Hopper called him "a sort of miniature Johnny Weissmuller ". [10] Roach next put him in a swashbuckler set during the War of 1812 , Captain Caution (1940). [11] [12]
As Hal Roach only made a handful of movies every year, he loaned out Mature's services to RKO , who used him as a leading man in the Anna Neagle – Herbert Wilcox musical, No, No, Nanette . The studio people were so pleased with his performance, they bought an option to take over half of Mature's contract with Hal Roach, enabling them to draw on his services for two films a year over three years. [13] Wilcox wanted to reunite Mature with Neagle in Sunny . [14] [7] Roach announced Mature would support Victor McLaglen in Broadway Limited , [15] but Mature was not cast in the final film.
Mature was worried about the direction of his career at this stage, claiming, "nobody was going to believe I could do anything except grunt and groan." [16] So he went to New York City to try the theatre. He signed to appear in a play with the Group Theatre , Retreat to Pleasure by Irwin Shaw . Shortly afterwards it was announced he would appear instead in the musical Lady in the Dark with a book by Moss Hart and songs from Ira Gershwin and Kurt Weill ; Mature played Randy Curtis, a film star boyfriend of the show's protagonist, magazine editor Liza Elliott ( Gertrude Lawrence ). [17] Mature later described his role:
First, this secretary came out saying 'What a beautiful hunk of man!' Then Danny Kaye topped that with a long, long introductory number. Finally, I made my entrance. John Barrymore told me I was the only person who could have followed up all that. [18]
The musical debuted on Broadway in January 1941 and was a smash hit, making a star of Danny Kaye and Macdonald Carey , and causing fresh appreciation for Mature's talents. His performance was well received, Brooks Atkinson of The New York Times calling him "unobjectionably handsome and affable". [19] The description of Randy Curtis in the musical – "Beautiful Hunk of Man" – would be frequently used to describe Mature throughout his career. Mature missed some of the run due to an emergency appendectomy, [20] but played the role until June.
When Mature left Lady in the Dark , he announced that 20th Century Fox had bought out half of Mature's contract with Hal Roach. His first film under the contract was to be Bowery Nightingale with Alice Faye . He was going to follow this with The Shanghai Gesture for Arnold Pressburger and Josef von Sternberg at United Artists. [21]
Bowery Nightingale was not made, so Fox instead assigned Mature to appear in a thriller with Faye, I Wake Up Screaming (which had a working title of Hot Spot ); Faye ended up being replaced with Betty Grable . Filming of The Shanghai Gesture was postponed to enable Mature to finish Screaming , which was a popular success. [22] The Shanghai Gesture also proved popular.
Mature was announced for a Fox musical, Highway to Hell , which ended up being postponed; instead, he replaced John Payne in a Betty Grable musical, Song of the Islands (Mature was replaced in turn on Highway by Cesar Romero ). [23] [24]
Mature was paid $450 a week under his contract with Roach for Shanghai Gesture , but Roach received $3750 a week for Mature's services. Roach received $22,000 for Mature in Song of the Islands , but Mature was paid $4,000. He asked for a pay increase of $1,250 a week. [25]
RKO wanted Mature for Passage to Bordeaux and Josef Von Sternberg wanted him for Lady Paname . [26] Instead, Mature made another musical for Fox, supporting Rita Hayworth in My Gal Sal (a role originally meant for Don Ameche ).
In November 1941, Fox bought out the four years remaining on Mature's contract with Hal Roach for $80,000. (This included loan out provisions to RKO.) Roach had not wanted to sell, but he was in financial difficulties an
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