Sign in. Find showtimes, watch trailers, browse photos, track your Watchlist and rate your favorite movies and TV shows on your phone or tablet! IMDb More. My Gal Sal
Oh no, there's been an error
Victor Mature | News | The Guardian
Yet the historical inaccuracies are largely inconsequential in the face of its creepy central romance and tedious musical numbers. Dresser Victor Mature leaves home to pursue his career goal of becoming a musician, and ends up working with star Sally Elliott Rita Hayworth. He writes the tunes, she the music, and together they churn out hit after hit. But Dresser wants more than just a creative partnership, despite Elliott having no interest—until Dresser coerces her, and then she magically falls in love. That Elliott would ever change her mind about Dresser is wildly unconvincing—made more so by how unattractive Mature is. Even more shocking: despite their complete lack of chemistry onscreen, Hayworth and Mature actually had an affair during filming. The rest of the film is never able to wash away the unpleasantness of the romance.
User Reviews
Victor John Mature January 29, — August 4, was an American stage, film, and television actor who starred most notably in several movies during the s, and was known for his dark hair and smile. His best known film roles include One Million B. He also appeared in a large number of musicals opposite such stars as Rita Hayworth and Betty Grable. Mature was born in Louisville, Kentucky. Ackley , was Kentucky -born and of Swiss heritage.
However, Mature was not averse to lampooning his own beefcake image. In Vittorio de Sica's After The Fox , he portrayed a wrinkle-conscious ham actor on the skids, in sunglasses, trenchcoat, and slouch hat from the s; and in Bob Rafelson's Head , billed as the Big Victor, he suffered the surreal indignity of having the Monkees playing dandruff in his greasy hair. Although his large girth, hooded eyes and solemn basso voice often teetered on the absurd - appropriately, he was asked to play the father of Sylvester Stallone in the s - when he was given meaty, rather than beefy, roles, and got the chance to work with good directors, Victor Mature was no joke. Here is an educated character, able to prompt a Shakespearean actor stumbling through a soliloquy, who has wasted a promising life.