The Films of Victor Mature
The Films of Victor Mature. James McKay
Date: 30 Jan 2013
Publisher: McFarland & CoInc
Original Languages: English
Book Format: Paperback::213 pages
ISBN10: 0786449705
ISBN13: 9780786449705
Filename: the-films-of-victor-mature.pdf
Dimension: 175.26x 251.46x 15.24mm::340.19g
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Read "The Films of Victor Mature" James McKay available from Rakuten Kobo. With his rugged features and earthy sex appeal, Victor Mature ushered in a … 49 rows The first male film star to be officially labelled a "hunk," Victor Mature was the son of Swiss … Before Charlton Heston, Victor Mature dominated the "biblical epic" genre, starring in Samson and Delilah (1949), The Robe (1953), and Demetrius and the Gladiators (1954) Making use of his powerful physique, he became associated with "beefcake" scenes involving bondage and torture. Good action film that fans of Victor Mature (and I am one of them) will appreciate. Irving Allen and Albert Broccoli’s Warwick Productions made the film in London and North Africa for Columbia to distribute – and it did quite well at the Box Office. Victor Mature had just finished Safari for Warwick Productions when he made this one. In ancient times, general Hannibal (Victor Mature) and his men are crossing the Alps to invade and conquer Rome when they encounter a Roman contingent. After a … There are a number of pictures of Mature from his movies as well as candid shots. The pictures are good, but I just wish there were stills from all of Mature's films. All in all though, it's worth the price and is an enjoyable profile of Victor Mature and his films. Lee "The Films of Victor Mature" por James McKay disponible en Rakuten Kobo. With his rugged features and earthy sex appeal, Victor Mature ushered in a new breed of postwar Hollywood actor, far rem John Ezard writes: The film composer, William Alwyn, used to tour film societies showing a clip from a western, in which Victor Mature played a settler who had just found his family massacred Upcoming, new, and past Victor Mature movies, TV shows, TV movies, appearances, specials, and more - plus, a biography, news, awards, and nominations. Browse and watch Victor Mature movies for Free on STARZ. Home Series Movies Schedule Browse.Log In Start Your Free Trial.Victor Mature. Actor. Standing 6'3" with a head of curly black hair and famously broad shoulders, Victor Mature seemed born to fill the expanding motion picture screen of the postwar era. He received 20,000 fan letters Victor Mature. 853 likes 4 talking about this. Page for Actor and Screen Legend Victor Mature and the website Victor John Joseph Mature. Sony Movie Channel. Film Geeks SD. Official Jim Gold and Gallery. Intro Film Noir Foundation founder Eddie Muller I WAKE UP SCREAMING (1941) in 35mm Broadway promoter Victor Beginning with a concise biography, this work covers Mature’s film career in its entirety, featuring synopses, anecdotes from cast and crew, and review commentary. About the Author(s) James McKay is a chartered surveyor residing in Northwich, Cheshire, England. You're viewing: The Films of Victor Mature … Victor Mature full list of movies and tv shows in theaters, in production and upcoming films. Created with Sketch. My Watchlist Keep track of your favorite shows and movies, across all your Victor Mature, Actor: Samson and Delilah. American leading man Victor John Mature was born in Louisville, Kentucky, to Clara P. (Ackley) and Marcellus George Mature, a cutler and knife sharpener. His father, born Marcello Gelindo Maturi in Pinzolo, Trentino, was Italian, and his mother was of Swiss-German and German descent. Victor Mature was born 29 January 1913, in Louisville, Kentucky. His father was an Austrian immigrant who became a successful businessman. He arrived in California in the mid-1930s, where he studied at the Pasadena Playhouse, doing odd jobs and living in a tent on a … My Mum didn't half have the hots for Victor Mature! She allowed us kids to stay up fairly late to watch 'Samson and Delilah', which I found mesmerizing and still do to this day, the acting and the music. Victor was huge and rippling with muscle in it. I didn't exactly take in his height, other than he was huge and strong, so I will go with 6ft2.5. Victor Mature deserved much more than a star on the Hollywood Walk of fame! ” — Linda Christian, March 5, 2010 at 12:52 p.m. “ hello,I would love to have met victor mature, he was friendly with everyone he met, what other places in the world did he visit and like, … In the meantime, as legend has it, producer Hal Roach happened to fish a poster from the Playhouse out of his wastebasket and was so stunned the masculine beauty of a young man pictured that he offered him a film role. And so Victor Mature was cast in his first movie part, a bit in The Housekeeper’s Daughter (1939), directed Roach. Oct. 10, 1957 - Victor Mature Gets His Way Joy Urwick Gets Part In Film: Joy Urwick, the girl whom Victor Mature said would have a part in his film ''No Time to Die'', and whom the film company said wouldn't - is in the film, and was at Elstree today filming a scene with Victor Mature … Victor Mature Biography. Victor John Mature was an American stage, film and television actor. In July 1942 Mature attempted to enlist in the U.S. Navy but was rejected for color blindness. He enlisted in the U.S. Coast Guard after taking a different eye test the same day. The Worst Movies Starring Victor Mature; The Top 10 Movies Starring Victor Mature; The Top 20 Movies Starring Victor Mature; The Best Horror Movies Of the 1980s; The Best Science Fiction Movies of 1977; The Best Comedy Movies Of the 2000s; The Most Recently Released Movies; The Most Recently Added Movies Cast: Victor Mature, Richard Conte, Fred Clark, Shelley Winters; UK release: 17 April 2015; Hardened criminal Martin Rome and his fiancee are accused of a jewel robbery they didn't commit. Still nursing bullet wounds he breaks out of a prison ward to find the true robbers and is pursued an old adversary, police lieutenant Candella. Products of Victor Mature on Biblical Classics Collection (The Bible / The Robe / The Greatest Story Ever Told / Victor Mature, the brawny, broad-shouldered actor who was one of Hollywood’s first beefcake stars, has died. He was 86. Mature, who played numerous leads during the 1940s and ‘50s, including Victor Mature's daughter, Victoria Mature (who lives down here in San Diego) just pointed out that George Clooney is citing her dad as an inspiration for his performance in the new Coens film, Hail, Caesar!. Clooney: “When you go back and look at those films, it’s hard to not crack a smile through them. Funeral services were set for today for larger-than-life leading man Victor Mature, a certified screen "hunk" of the 1940s and 1950s who lent his lumbering presence to the film classics Samson and Rent Victor Mature films. Here is collection of Victor Mature films we carry in our extensive library of over 100,000 titles. Rent new releases as well as back catalogue of Victor Mature films on DVD and Blu-ray with our no obligation Free Trial offer. Victor Mature has become synonymous with Biblical/sword and sandal films (so much so that even George Clooney is talking about how he used VM’s perceived film persona as inspiration for his recent role in ‘Hail, Caesar!”) Yet, less than a fifth of VM’s films were in this genre. Victor Mature From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Victor Mature (29 January 1913 - 4 August 1999), an American film actor, was born in Louisville, Kentucky to a Tyrolean (German-speaking Italian) father, Marcellus George Mature, a cutler, and a Swiss-American mother, Clara Mature.