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===20th Century Fox===
===20th Century Fox===
In June 1941 Mature left ''Lady in the Dark'' and announced he had signed to make two films, ''[[The Shanghai Gesture]]'', for United Artists, and ''Bowery Nightingale'' with [[Alice Faye]] for [[20th Century Fox]]. Fox also bought out half of Mature's contract with Hal Roach.<ref>Victor Mature Cast in Leading Roles for Two Films -- 'Tight Shoes' Opening Tonight at Rialto
In June 1941 Mature left ''Lady in the Dark'' and announced he had signed to make two films, ''Bowery Nightingale'' with [[Alice Faye]] for [[20th Century Fox]] and ''[[The Shanghai Gesture]]'' for [[Arnold Pressburger]] and [[Josef Von Sternberg]] at United Artists. Fox also bought out half of Mature's contract with Hal Roach.<ref>Victor Mature Cast in Leading Roles for Two Films -- 'Tight Shoes' Opening Tonight at Rialto
By DOUGLAS W. CHURCHILLBy Telephone to THE NEW YORK TIMES.. New York Times (1923-Current file) [New York, N.Y] 18 June 1941: 25.</ref> ''Bowery Nightingale'' was not made but Mature would work consistently for Fox over the next decade, starting with a thriller, ''[[I Wake Up Screaming]]'', where Mature supported [[Betty Grable]].
By DOUGLAS W. CHURCHILLBy Telephone to THE NEW YORK TIMES.. New York Times (1923-Current file) [New York, N.Y] 18 June 1941: 25.</ref>


''Bowery Nightingale'' was not made so Mature was assigned to appear in the thriller with Faye, ''[[I Wake Up Screaming]]'' (also known as ''Hot Spot''); Faye ended up being replaced with [[Betty Grable]]. Filming of ''The Shanghai Gesture'' was postponed to enable Mature to finish ''Screaming''.<ref>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
Mature was announced to make ''Highway to Hell''. It was postponed and instead he replaced John Payne in a Betty Grable musical, ''[[Song of the Islands]]''.<ref>Subjects Once Banned May Become Pictures: 'Gesture' Generates Idea Stewart to Adapt Shaw Mature Going Tropical Berlin Pens Film Tunes Dorsey Singers to Sign
By DOUGLAS W. CHURCHILLBy Telephone to THE NEW YORK TIMES.. New York Times (1923-Current file) [New York, N.Y] 16 July 1941: 14.</ref>

Mature was announced to make ''Highway to Hell''. It was postponed and instead he replaced John Payne in a Betty Grable musical, ''[[Song of the Islands]]'' (Mature was replaced in tern on ''Song'' by [[Cesar Romero]]).<ref>Subjects Once Banned May Become Pictures: 'Gesture' Generates Idea Stewart to Adapt Shaw Mature Going Tropical Berlin Pens Film Tunes Dorsey Singers to Sign
Schallert, Edwin. Los Angeles Times (1923-Current File) [Los Angeles, Calif] 16 Oct 1941: 16. </ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-victor-mature-1112009.html|title=Obituary: Victor Mature |last=Vallance |first=Tom |date=1999-08-11|publisher=independent.co.uk|accessdate=20 March 2010}}</ref>
Schallert, Edwin. Los Angeles Times (1923-Current File) [Los Angeles, Calif] 16 Oct 1941: 16. </ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-victor-mature-1112009.html|title=Obituary: Victor Mature |last=Vallance |first=Tom |date=1999-08-11|publisher=independent.co.uk|accessdate=20 March 2010}}</ref>


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By DOUGLAS W. CHURCHILL. New York Times (1923-Current file) [New York, N.Y] 26 Oct 1941: X5. </ref>
By DOUGLAS W. CHURCHILL. New York Times (1923-Current file) [New York, N.Y] 26 Oct 1941: X5. </ref>


RKO wanted Mature for ''Passage to Bordeaux'' and Josef Von Sternberg wanted him for ''Lady Paname''.<ref>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
RKO wanted Mature for ''Passage to Bordeaux'' and Josef Von Sternberg wanted him for ''Lady Paname''.<ref>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 By DOUGLAS W. CHURCHILLBy Telephone to THE NEW YORK TIMES.. New York Times (1923-Current file) [New York, N.Y] 14 Oct 1941: 29.</ref> Instead Mature made another musical for Fox, supporting [[Rita Hayworth]] in ''[[My Gal Sal]]'' (a role originally meant for [[Don Ameche]]).
By DOUGLAS W. CHURCHILLBy Telephone to THE NEW YORK TIMES.. New York Times (1923-Current file) [New York, N.Y] 14 Oct 1941: 29.</ref>


In November 1941 Fox bought out the four years remaining on Mature's contract with Hal Roach for $80,000. Roach had not wanted to sell but he was in financial difficulties and his backers insisted. Mature would be paid $1,500 a week. He had also had six commitments with RKO. "The studio will have to make a success of me," said Mature.<ref>YANKEE DOODLE DANDY' NEARS THE CAMERAS: Film About George M. Cohan Will Boost The Democratic Way -- A Star Is Sold
In November 1941 Fox bought out the four years remaining on Mature's contract with Hal Roach for $80,000. Roach had not wanted to sell but he was in financial difficulties and his backers insisted. Mature would be paid $1,500 a week. He had also had six commitments with RKO. "The studio will have to make a success of me," said Mature.<ref>YANKEE DOODLE DANDY' NEARS THE CAMERAS: Film About George M. Cohan Will Boost The Democratic Way -- A Star Is Sold
By THOMAS BRADY. New York Times (1923-Current file) [New York, N.Y] 23 Nov 1941: X5.</ref>
By THOMAS BRADY. New York Times (1923-Current file) [New York, N.Y] 23 Nov 1941: X5.</ref>

Fox talked of reuniting Hayworth and Mature in a Russian set war film ''Ski Patrol''.<ref>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'
Schallert, Edwin. Los Angeles Times (1923-Current File) [Los Angeles, Calif] 18 May 1942: 14.</ref> Instead Mature was lent to RKO for a musical with [[Lucille Ball]], ''Seven Days' Leave''. This was followed by ''[[Footlight Serenade]]'' with Grable and Payne. All these films were very popular at the box office.


Mature's next film was another musical at Fox supporting a female star, in this case [[Rita Hayworth]] - ''[[My Gal Sal]]''. He was lent to RKO for ''Seven Days' Leave''. All these films were very popular.
===World War II===
===World War II===
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. He was assigned to the {{USCGC|Storis|WMEC-38|6}}, which was doing [[Greenland Patrol]] work. This meant that when Paramount filmed ''Lady in the Dark'', Mature was unable to reprise his stage role.<ref>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
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. He was assigned to the {{USCGC|Storis|WMEC-38|6}}, which was doing [[Greenland Patrol]] work. This meant that when Paramount filmed ''Lady in the Dark'', Mature was unable to reprise his stage role.<ref>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

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Victor Mature
circa 1940s
Born
Victor John Mature

(1913-01-29)January 29, 1913
DiedAugust 4, 1999(1999-08-04) (aged 86)
Cause of deathLeukemia
OccupationActor
Years active1939–84
Spouse(s)
Frances Charles
(m. 1938⁠–⁠1940)

Martha Stephenson Kemp
(m. 1941⁠–⁠1943)

Dorothy Standford Berry
(m. 1948⁠–⁠1955)

Adrienne Joy Urwick
(m. 1959⁠–⁠1969)

Loretta G. Sebena
(m. 1974⁠–⁠1999)
1 daughter

Victor John Mature (January 29, 1913 – August 4, 1999) was an American stage, film and television actor who starred most notably in several Biblical movies during the 1950s and was known for his dark good looks and mega-watt smile.

Early life

Mature was born in Louisville, Kentucky. His father, Marcello Gelindo Maturi, later Marcellus George Mature, was an Italian-speaking immigrant from the town of Pinzolo, in the Italian part of the former County of Tyrol (now Trentino in Italy, at that time part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire);[1][2] he was a cutler. His mother, Clara P. (Ackley), was Kentucky-born and of Swiss heritage.[3] An older brother, Marcellus Paul Mature, died at 11 in 1918 from osteomyelitis.[4] Victor Mature 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]

Career

Pasadena Playhouse

Mature went to study and act at the Pasadena Community Playhouse. For three years he lived in a tent in the backyard of Mrs Willigan, a mother of a fellow student, Catherine Lewis. He was spotted by an agent for Hal Roach while acting in a production of To Quito and Back. In September 1939 Mature signed a seven year contract with Roach.[7]

Hal Roach

Roach cast Mature in a small role in The Housekeeper's Daughter, then gave him his first leading role as a fur-clad caveman in One Million B.C. (1940). (Hedda Hopper called him "a sort of minature Johnny Weismuller.[8]) This was followed by a swashbuckler set during the War of 1812, Captain Caution (1940).[9] [10]

Mature was borrowed by RKO to support Anna Neagle in a musical directed by Herbert Wilcox, No, No Nanette. RKO bought half of Mature's contract with Hal Roach, enabling them to make two films a year for three years.[11] Wilcox wanted to reunite Mature with Neagle in Sunny[12] but this did not happen. RKO let their option on Mature lapse.[13]

Roach announced Mature would support Victor McLaglen in Broadway Limited[14] but the film was never made.

Lady in the Dark

Mature 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 Lady in the Dark by Moss Hart with Gertrude Lawrence.[15] The play was a smash hit, making a star of Danny Kaye and MacDonald Carey, and causing fresh appreciation for Mature. His performance was well received, Brooks Atkinson of the New York Times calling him "unobjectionably handsome and affable".[16] He developed a nickname, "Beautiful Hunk of Man". Mature missed some of the run due to an emergency appendectomy.[17]

20th Century Fox

In June 1941 Mature left Lady in the Dark and announced he had signed to make two films, Bowery Nightingale with Alice Faye for 20th Century Fox and The Shanghai Gesture for Arnold Pressburger and Josef Von Sternberg at United Artists. Fox also bought out half of Mature's contract with Hal Roach.[18]

Bowery Nightingale was not made so Mature was assigned to appear in the thriller with Faye, I Wake Up Screaming (also known as Hot Spot); Faye ended up being replaced with Betty Grable. Filming of The Shanghai Gesture was postponed to enable Mature to finish Screaming.[19]

Mature was announced to make Highway to Hell. It was postponed and instead he replaced John Payne in a Betty Grable musical, Song of the Islands (Mature was replaced in tern on Song by Cesar Romero).[20][21]

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.[22]

RKO wanted Mature for Passage to Bordeaux and Josef Von Sternberg wanted him for Lady Paname.[23] 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. Roach had not wanted to sell but he was in financial difficulties and his backers insisted. Mature would be paid $1,500 a week. He had also had six commitments with RKO. "The studio will have to make a success of me," said Mature.[24]

Fox talked of reuniting Hayworth and Mature in a Russian set war film Ski Patrol.[25] Instead Mature was lent to RKO for a musical with Lucille Ball, Seven Days' Leave. This was followed by Footlight Serenade with Grable and Payne. All these films were very popular at the box office.

World War II

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. He was assigned to the USCGC Storis, which was doing Greenland Patrol work. This meant that when Paramount filmed Lady in the Dark, Mature was unable to reprise his stage role.[26]

After 14 months aboard the Storis, Mature was promoted to the rank of chief boatswain's mate.

In 1944, he did a series of War Bond tours and acted in morale shows. He assisted Coast Guard recruiting efforts by being a featured player in the musical revue Tars and Spars, which opened in Miami, Florida, in April 1944 and toured the United States for the next year. In May 1945, Mature was reassigned to the Coast Guard manned troop transport USS Admiral H. T. Mayo, which was involved in transferring troops to the Pacific Theater. Mature was honorably discharged from the Coast Guard in November 1945 and he resumed his acting career.[6]

Resumption of career

with Jean Simmons in Androcles and the Lion (1952)

After the war, Mature was cast by John Ford in My Darling Clementine, playing Doc Holliday opposite Henry Fonda's Wyatt Earp. Darryl F. Zanuck was delighted that Ford wanted to use Mature, telling the director that:

Personally, I think the guy has been one of the most under-rated performers in Hollywood. The public is crazy about him and strangely enough every picture that he has been in has been a big box-office hit. Yet the Romanoff round table has refused to take him seriously as an actor. A part like Doc Holiday will be sensational for him and I agree with you that the peculiar traits of his personality are ideal for a characterisation such as this.[27]

For the next decade, Mature settled into playing hard-boiled characters in a range of genres such as film noir, Westerns, and Biblical motion pictures like The Robe (with Richard Burton and Jean Simmons) and its sequel, Demetrius and the Gladiators (with Susan Hayward). Mature also starred with Hedy Lamarr in Cecil B. DeMille's Biblical epic, Samson and Delilah, (1949) and as Horemheb in The Egyptian (1954), with Jean Simmons and Gene Tierney. He reportedly stated he was successful in Biblical epics because he could "make with the holy look."

He also continued to appear in a number of musicals and co-starred with Esther Williams in Million Dollar Mermaid (1952) and, according to her autobiography, had a romantic relationship with her.[28]

Mature's old agreement with Roach contained multiple loan-out clauses to RKO, which still applied when it was transferred to 20th Century-Fox, and he made a number of films for RKO. However Fox suspended him in 1949 for refusing to make Mike Fury.[29] Fox later suspended him again for refusing to appear with Tyrone Power and Susan Hayward in Untamed (1955).[30]

Freelance Star

In the 1950s, Mature's contract with 20th Century Fox ended and he freelanced.

In 1954, he signed a two-picture deal with Columbia Pictures, giving him script and co-star approval.[31] He made The Last Frontier.

In 1955 he signed a two-picture contract with Warwick Productions, for whom he made Safari then Zarak.[32]

Retirement

After five years of retirement, he was lured back into acting by the opportunity to parody himself in After the Fox (1966), co-written by Neil Simon. Mature played "Tony Powell", an aging American actor who is living off of his reputation from his earlier body of work. In a similar vein in 1968 he played a giant, The Big Victor, in Head, a potpourri movie starring The Monkees. The character poked fun at both his screen image and, reportedly, RCA Victor who distributed Colgems Records, the Monkees's label. Mature enjoyed the script while admitting it made no sense to him, saying "All I know is it makes me laugh."

Mature was famously self-deprecatory about his acting skills. Once, after being rejected for membership in a country club because he was an actor, he cracked, "I'm not an actor — and I've got sixty-four films to prove it!"[33][34] He was quoted in 1968 on his acting career: "Actually, I am a golfer. That is my real occupation. I never was an actor. Ask anybody, particularly the critics."[35]

He came out of retirement again in 1971 to star in Every Little Crook and Nanny and again in 1976 along with many other former Hollywood stars in Won Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood. His last feature film appearance was a cameo as a millionaire in Firepower in 1979, while his final acting role was that of Samson's father Manoah in the TV movie Samson and Delilah in 1984.

I was never that crazy about acting. I had a compulsion to earn money, not to act. So I worked as an actor until I could afford to retire. I wanted to quit while I could still enjoy life... I like to loaf. Everyone told me I would go crazy or die if I quit working. Yeah? Well what a lovely way to die.[36]

In 1980 he said he was "pretty proud of about 50% of my motion pictures. Demetrius and the Gladiators wasn't bad. The Robe and Samson and Delilah weren't bad. I made 72 of them and I made close to $18 million. So what the hell."[37] He said in the same interview his favourite actors were Al Pacino, Dustin Hoffman and especially Burt Reynolds.[37]

George Clooney played a caricature of Victor Mature in the 2016 Coen brothers movie "Hail Caesar!"

Private life

Mature was married five times.

  • Frances Charles
  • Martha Stephenson Kemp, the widow of bandleader Hal Kemp (m 1941)
  • Dorothy (1948-1955)[38]
  • Adriene Urwick (m 1959)
  • Loretta Sebena (1974 until his death) - he had his only child, daughter Vicotira, with her.

He had also been engaged to Rita Hayworth (before she married Orson Welles) and Anne Shirley.[39]

Death

Mature died of leukemia in 1999 at his Rancho Santa Fe, California home, at the age of 86. He was buried in the family plot, marked by a replica of the Angel of Grief, at St. Michael's Cemetery in his hometown of Louisville.

For his contribution to the motion picture industry, Mature has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame located at 6780 Hollywood Boulevard.

Selected filmography

Feature films
Year Title Role Notes
1939 The Housekeeper's Daughter Lefty
1940 One Million B.C. Tumak Alternative title: Cave Man
1940 Captain Caution Dan Marvin
1940 No, No, Nanette William Trainor
1941 I Wake Up Screaming Frankie Christopher (Botticelli) Alternative title: Hot Spot
1941 The Shanghai Gesture Doctor Omar
1942 My Gal Sal Paul Dresser
1942 Seven Days' Leave Johnny Grey
1942 Song of the Islands
1942 Footlight Serenade
1943 Show Business at War Himself Short subject
1946 My Darling Clementine Doc Holliday
1947 Moss Rose Michael Drego
1947 Kiss of Death Nick Bianco
1948 Cry of the City Lt. Candella
1948 Fury at Furnace Creek Cash Blackwell/Tex Cameron
1949 Red, Hot and Blue Danny James
1949 Easy Living Pete Wilson
1949 Samson and Delilah Samson
1950 Wabash Avenue Andy Clark
1950 Stella Jeff DeMarco
1950 Gambling House Marc Fury
1952 The Las Vegas Story Lt. Dave Andrews
1952 Something for the Birds Steve Bennett
1952 Million Dollar Mermaid James Sullivan
1952 Androcles and the Lion Captain
1953 The Glory Brigade Lt. Sam Pryor
1953 Affair with a Stranger Bill Blakeley
1953 The Robe Demetrius First movie in CinemaScope
1954 The Veils of Bagdad Antar
1954 Dangerous Mission Matt Hallett Alternative title: Rangers of the North
1954 Demetrius and the Gladiators Demetrius Sequel to The Robe
1954 The Egyptian Horemheb
1954 Betrayed "The Scarf"
1955 Chief Crazy Horse Chief Crazy Horse
1955 The Last Frontier Jed Cooper
1955 Violent Saturday Shelley Martin
1956 Zarak Zarak Khan First film for Warwick Films
1956 Safari Ken Duffield
1956 The Sharkfighters Lt. Commander Ben Staves
1957 Interpol Charles Sturgis Alternative title: Pickup Alley
1957 The Long Haul Harry Miller
1958 China Doll Captain Cliff Brandon Made for Romina Productions, Mature's own company
1958 No Time to Die Sgt. David H. Thatcher Alternative title: Tank Force
1958 Escort West Ben Lassiter Made for Romina Productions, Mature's own company
1959 The Big Circus Henry Jasper "Hank" Whirling
1959 Timbuktu Mike Conway
1959 Hannibal Hannibal Alternative title: Annibale
1959 The Bandit of Zhobe Kasim Khan Last movie for Warwick Films
1962 The Tartars Oleg
1966 After the Fox Tony Powell
1968 Head The Big Victor
1972 Every Little Crook and Nanny Carmine Ganucci
1976 Won Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood Nick cameo
1979 Firepower Harold Everett cameo at film's conclusion
Television
Year Title Role Notes
1977 M*A*S*H Dr. John "Doc" Holliday TV series, episode: "Movie Tonight"
Uncredited
1984 Samson and Delilah Manoah Television movie

Theatre credits

Radio appearances

Year Program Episode/source
1946 Lux Radio Theatre Coney Island[45]
1949 Escape The Fortune Of Vargas
1953 Suspense Joaquin Murierra, California Outlaw [46]

See also

References

  1. ^ 1920 U.S. Census, Louisville Ward 4, Jefferson, Kentucky; Roll: T625_578; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 98; Image: 1039
  2. ^ World War I Draft Registration, Jefferson County, Kentucky; Roll: 1653508; Draft Board: 3
  3. ^ 1900 U.S. Census, Louisville Ward 4, Jefferson, Kentucky; Roll: T623 529; Page: 10A
  4. ^ Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910). Microfilm rolls #994027-994058. Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, Frankfort, Kentucky
  5. ^ Applegate, Kris (2014). Legendary Locals of Louisville, Kentucky. United States: Arcadia Publishing. p. 73. ISBN 978-1-4671-0138-7.
  6. ^ a b Wise, James E., Jr. and Anne Collier Rehill. Stars in Blue. Naval Institute Press, 1997, p. 201. ISBN 1-55750-937-9.
  7. ^ Tentin' Tonight, As Usual, Vic Will Be a Star: Rebellious Young Man Quits Business to Starve, but Wins The Washington Post (1923-1954) [Washington, D.C] 04 Sep 1939: 12
  8. ^ Hedda Hopper's HOLLYWOOD Los Angeles Times (1923-Current File) [Los Angeles, Calif] 13 Nov 1939: 16.
  9. ^ own Called Hollywood Scheuer, Philip K. Los Angeles Times (1923-Current File) [Los Angeles, Calif] 14 June 1942: C3.
  10. ^ 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 Hough, Donald. Los Angeles Times (1923-Current File) [Los Angeles, Calif] 02 Feb 1941: I7.
  11. ^ NEWS OF THE SCREEN: 'Replenish the Earth,' Novel, Is Purchased by Fox-- 'East of the River' Arrives at the Globe Of Local Origin By DOUGLAS W. CHURCHILL Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES.. New York Times (1923-Current file) [New York, N.Y] 26 Oct 1940: 18.
  12. ^ Stardom for Mitchell as College Professor: Gwenn Also to 'Teach' Sylvia Sidney Signed Mature May Do 'Sunny Withers Subject Named Butler Plans Race Yarn Scheuer, Philip K. Los Angeles Times (1923-Current File) [Los Angeles, Calif] 20 Sep 1940: A12.
  13. ^ TALES FROM HOLLYWOOD By DOUGLAS W. CHURCHILL. New York Times (1923-Current file) [New York, N.Y] 29 June 1941: X3.
  14. ^ 22 FILMS PLANNED BY UNITED ARTISTS New York Times (1923-Current file) [New York, N.Y] 14 May 1940: 31.
  15. ^ 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 (1923-Current file) [New York, N.Y] 13 Nov 1940: 28.
  16. ^ 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 (1923-Current file) [New York, N.Y] 24 Jan 1941: 14.
  17. ^ 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 (1923-Current file) [New York, N.Y] 28 Apr 1941: 11.
  18. ^ Victor Mature Cast in Leading Roles for Two Films -- 'Tight Shoes' Opening Tonight at Rialto By DOUGLAS W. CHURCHILLBy Telephone to THE NEW YORK TIMES.. New York Times (1923-Current file) [New York, N.Y] 18 June 1941: 25.
  19. ^ 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 By DOUGLAS W. CHURCHILLBy Telephone to THE NEW YORK TIMES.. New York Times (1923-Current file) [New York, N.Y] 16 July 1941: 14.
  20. ^ Subjects Once Banned May Become Pictures: 'Gesture' Generates Idea Stewart to Adapt Shaw Mature Going Tropical Berlin Pens Film Tunes Dorsey Singers to Sign Schallert, Edwin. Los Angeles Times (1923-Current File) [Los Angeles, Calif] 16 Oct 1941: 16.
  21. ^ Vallance, Tom (1999-08-11). "Obituary: Victor Mature". independent.co.uk. Retrieved 20 March 2010.
  22. ^ DISCORD IN HOLLYWOOD: Being a Resume of Why Three Stars Are Unhappy -- Shaking Out the Moth Balls By DOUGLAS W. CHURCHILL. New York Times (1923-Current file) [New York, N.Y] 26 Oct 1941: X5.
  23. ^ 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 By DOUGLAS W. CHURCHILLBy Telephone to THE NEW YORK TIMES.. New York Times (1923-Current file) [New York, N.Y] 14 Oct 1941: 29.
  24. ^ YANKEE DOODLE DANDY' NEARS THE CAMERAS: Film About George M. Cohan Will Boost The Democratic Way -- A Star Is Sold By THOMAS BRADY. New York Times (1923-Current file) [New York, N.Y] 23 Nov 1941: X5.
  25. ^ 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' Schallert, Edwin. Los Angeles Times (1923-Current File) [Los Angeles, Calif] 18 May 1942: 14.
  26. ^ 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 (1923-Current file) [New York, N.Y] 26 Nov 1942: 41
  27. ^ Memo from Darryl F. Zanuck to John Ford dated 8 January 1946, Rudy Behlmer, ed. Memo from Darryl F. Zanuck, Grove Press, 1993 p102
  28. ^ The Million Dollar Mermaid: An Autobiography, Esther Williams, Simon & Schuster, 1999 pgs. 212-213 ISBN 0-15-601135-2
  29. ^ Thomas Pryor, 'STUDIO SUSPENSION FOR VICTOR MATURE: FOX STAR REFUSES TO PLAY ROLE IN RKO FILM, 'MIKE FURY,' ON LOAN-OUT COMMITMENT', New York Times (1923-Current file) [New York, N.Y] 14 Dec 1949: 44.
  30. ^ Hedda Hopper, 'Victor Mature Suspended by 20th Century-Fox', Los Angeles Times (1923-Current File) [Los Angeles, Calif] 04 Aug 1954: 2.
  31. ^ Hedda Hopper, 'Victor Mature Signs Deal for 2 Films at $200,000 Each' Chicago Daily Tribune (1923-1963) [Chicago, Ill] 06 Nov 1954: 16.
  32. ^ TV PACT IS SIGNED BY SCREEN GUILD: Agreement by Du Mont and Union Includes Use of New Video Filming Method By THOMAS M. PRYORSpecial to The New York Times.. New York Times (1923-Current file) [New York, N.Y] 09 May 1955: 28
  33. ^ Department of Homeland Security, United States Coast Guard History
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