
Victor Mature
Oyuncu · 1913 – 1999 · Louisville, Kentucky, USA
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. He was assigned to the USCGC Storis (WMEC-38), which was doing Greenland patrol work. After 14 months aboard the Storis, Mature was promoted to the rate 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 of 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 (AP-125) 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. Film career After the war, Mature was cast by John Ford in My Darling Clementine, playing Doc Holliday opposite Henry Fonda's Wyatt Earp. For the next decade, Mature settled into playing hard-boiled characters in a range of genres such as Westerns and Biblical films, such as The Robe (with Richard Burton and Jean Simmons) and its popular sequel, Demetrius and the Gladiators (with Susan Hayward). Mature also starred with Hedy Lamarr in Cecil B. DeMille's Bible 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 starred with Esther Williams in Million Dollar Mermaid (1952) and, according to her autobiography, had a romantic relationship with her. 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. 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, stating "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!" 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." Victor 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 at St. Michael's Cemetery in his hometown of Louisville. For his contribution to the motion picture industry, Victor Mature has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame located at 6780 Hollywood Blvd.
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Film6.6RomantikDramSamson gücünün kaynağını kimsenin bilmediği efsanevi bir kahramandır. Gönlünü Semadar'ın kardeşi Delilaha kaptırır. Semadar öldürülünce Samson intikam peşine düşer ama Delilah onun gücünün sırrını keşfedip, Samson'u düşmanlarına teslim eder.
Film7.5WesternMy Darling Clementine, daha önce defalarca sinemaya aktarılmış Earp ve Clanton Aileleri arasında geçen O.K. Corral çarpışmasını konu alan John Ford imzalı bir western. Henry Fonda, bu filminde, maceraperest, kendi bildiği gibi davranan, eski bir Şerifken, sorumlu bir kanun adamı olan Wyatt Earp’i canlandırıyor. Kişisel hayatındaki bu maceraperest çoban , sorumlu, saygı değer bir kanun adamı haline gelirken, Tombstone isimli bati sınırındaki bir sınır kasabasından, nasıl medeni, kanun hakimiyetinin hüküm sürdüğü insanların yaşadığı bir yer haline geldiğinide gösteriyor.
Film6.5TarihDramIn eighteenth-dynasty Egypt, Sinuhe, a poor orphan, becomes a brilliant physician and with his friend Horemheb is appointed to the service of the new Pharoah. Sinuhe's personal triumphs and tragedies are played against the larger canvas of the turbulent events of the 18th dynasty. As Sinuhe is drawn into court intrigues he learns the answers to the questions he has sought since his birth.
The Egyptian
1954 · 111 votes
Film6.8DramTarihBu etkileyici dinsel filmde, bir Romalı senatörün (Richard Burton), yeni çarmıha gerilen İsa’nın elbisesini bir zar oyununda kazandıktan sonra geçirdiği değişim anlatılıyor. Victor Mature’nin, Richard Burton’un kölesi rolünde başarılı bir kompozisyon sergilediği film,
Film6.6MaceraTarihThe story picks up at the point where "The Robe" ends, following the martyrdom of Diana and Marcellus. Christ's robe is conveyed to Peter for safe-keeping, but the emperor Caligula wants it back to benefit from its powers. Marcellus' former slave Demetrius seeks to prevent this, and catches the eye of Messalina, wife to Caligula's uncle Claudius. Messalina tempts Demetrius, he winds up fighting in the arena, and wavers in his faith.
Demetrius and the Gladiators
1954 · 95 votes
Film6.1WesternThree trappers become scouts for a cavalry captain who loses his fort to a hated colonel.
The Last Frontier
1955 · 39 votes
Film6.7SuçDramPetty crook and cop-killer Martin Rome, in bad shape from wounds in the hospital prison ward, still refuses to help slimy lawyer Niles clear his client by confessing to another crime. Police Lt. Candella must check Niles' allegation; a friend of the Rome family, he walks a tightrope between sentiment and cynicism. When Martin fears Candella will implicate his girlfriend Teena, he'll do anything to protect her. How many others will he drag down to disaster with him?
Cry of the City
1948 · 76 votes
Film5.6WesternWhen young Crazy Horse, of whom great things were predicted, wins his bride, rival Little Big Man goes to villainous traders with evidence of gold in the sacred Lakota burial ground. Of course, a new gold rush starts despite all treaties, and Crazy Horse becomes military leader of his people. Initial Indian victories lead to the inevitable result. Uniquely, all is told from the Indian perspective.
Chief Crazy Horse
1955 · 26 votes
Film6.7DramSuçBirkaç önemsiz kasaba hikayesi, bir haydut çetesinin yerel bankayı soymaya karar vermesiyle dramaya dönüşür. Oğlunun gözlerinde gurur arayan bir baba, geceleri röntgenci olan ürkek bir memur, karısının sevgisini yeniden kazanmaya çalışan bir adam, vahşetle karşı karşıya kalan bir Amish çiftçi ve hırsıza dönüşen yaşlı bir kadın... Hepsi, huzurla başlayan bir hafta sonu şiddete dönüştüğünde, kendilerini banka soyguncularıyla iç içe bulurlar.
Violent Saturday
1955 · 82 votes
Film7.1SuçGerilimAn ex-con trying to go straight must face a crazed criminal out for revenge.
Kiss of Death
1947 · 172 votes
Film4.4KomediA would-be filmmaker and actress shake up the industry with a trick dog who gets discovered by a studio bus driver in the 1920s.
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
1976 · 17 votes
Film6.2MüzikKomediIn her attempts to make a splash on Broadway, a lively would-be-actress lands herself in hot water with the mob.
Red, Hot and Blue
1949 · 5 votes
Film5.9KomediGeorge Bernard Shaw’s breezy, delightful dramatization of this classic fable—about a Christian slave who pulls a thorn from a lion’s paw and is spared from death in the Colosseum as a result of his kind act—was written as a meditation on modern Christian values. Pascal’s final Shaw production is played broadly, with comic character actor Alan Young as the titular naïf. He’s ably supported by Jean Simmons, Victor Mature, Robert Newton, and Elsa Lanchester.
Androcles and the Lion
1952 · 16 votes
Film6.0GerilimSuçA policeman tries to protect a young woman against a hit man, when she flees New York after witnessing a mob killing.
Dangerous Mission
1954 · 18 votes
Film5.8FantastikAksiyonOne Million B.C. is a 1940 American fantasy film produced by Hal Roach Studios and released by United Artists. It is also known by the titles Cave Man, Man and His Mate, and Tumak. The film stars Victor Mature as protagonist Tumak, a young cave man who strives to unite the uncivilized Rock Tribe and the peaceful Shell Tribe, Carole Landis as Loana, daughter of the Shell Tribe chief and Tumak's love interest, and Lon Chaney, Jr. as Tumak's stern father and leader of the Rock Tribe.
One Million B.C.
1940 · 39 votes
Film6.2KomediMüzikIn this surrealistic and free-form follow-up to the Monkees' television show, the band frolic their way through a series of musical set pieces and vignettes containing humor and anti-establishment social commentary.
Head
1968 · 108 votes
Film5.6TarihMaceraA Carthaginian general attempts to cross the Alps with an army of elephants in order to conquer Rome.
Film4.8DramRomantikDepicts the rocky marriage of a young model and her Broadway playwright-husband.
Affair with a Stranger
1953 · 13 votes
Film6.7BelgeselThe Legend of Marilyn Monroe is a 1966 American documentary film chronicling the life and career of actress Marilyn Monroe. Directed by Terry Sanders, and narrated by John Huston.
The Legend of Marilyn Monroe
1966 · 7 votes
Film5.8DramRomantikWhen the Dutch resistance brings in Carla Van Oven to spy on the Nazis, Col. Pieter Deventer initially suspects she could be a double agent. Van Oven eventually convinces Deventer of her character, and when she is sent into occupied territory, she joins up with a rebel leader known as "The Scarf". As the resistance endures severe losses and their missions fail, Deventer starts to wonder whose side Van Oven is fighting on.
Betrayed
1954 · 23 votes
Film6.0DramSuçWhen newlyweds visit Las Vegas, the wife's shady past comes to the surface.
The Las Vegas Story
1952 · 38 votes
Film6.8DramAksiyonAntar is sent by Suleiman, head of the Ottoman Empire, to Bagdad to prevent Hammam, Pasha of Bagdad, from purchasing the services of local leader Mustapha to unite the hill tribes and overthrow the emperor. The intrigue mounts as Antar falls in love with dancer Selima, who tries to avenge her father's death against Hammam's right-hand-man Kasseim, whose wife Rosanna has fallen in love with Antar!
The Veils of Bagdad
1953 · 4 votes
Film6.5DramAfter overcoming polio, Annette Kellerman achieves fame and creates a scandal when her one-piece bathing suit is considered indecent.
Million Dollar Mermaid
1952 · 27 votes
Film6.9GizemSuçOrganizatör Frankie Christopher, model Vicky Lynn cinayetinde polis tarafından sorguya çekilir. Kızla ilk kez garsonken tanışan Frankie, onu başarılı ve kazançlı bir kariyer içine sokmaya karar verir. Kız Frankie'yi Hollywood için terk etmenin arifesindeyken öldürülür. Frankie, Müfettiş Ed Cornell’in onu cinayetle ilişkilendirmeye kararlı olduğunu fark eder. Yardım için başvurabileceği tek kişi, kurbanın ona karşı soğuk davranan ablası Jill’dir.
I Wake Up Screaming
1941 · 82 votes
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Dizi4.5BelgeselThis German format is not a series properly speaking, as it has no permanent cast or script continuity, but presents each time a 45 minutes documentary, usually in part presented as a docudrama (not faction, as close to scientific knowledge as possible, but visually attractive), elaborating a specific historical theme, widely varied, often exotic in the sense of a far time (as far back as prehistoric times) and/or place (around the globe), although some episodes fit together well, chronologically or thematically, but always fit to be watched separately. Usually authentic locations are used, as well as scenes from and/or interviews about the scientific research it is based upon.