IN MEMORY

VICTOR JOHN MATURE

January 29, 1913-August 4, 1999

You honored us with your presence in our lives,

You touched our hearts with your charm and humor,

We will miss you and we will remember you always...

Welcome to Mature's Matinee - The Victor Mature Fan Club and Website. Please visit often! The goal of this fan club is to showcase the life, career and great movies of the talented actor and screen legend Victor Mature. This fan club is a place where Victor's fans can meet to discuss the movies and life of a true Hollywood legend.

The web has a links section so you can find information on the internet about his movies and personal life. Also there are extensive picture galleries, biographical information, a guestbook, message boards, mailing list and two vintage article/picture sections with wonderful information beginning with his childhood - plus much more. If you have any stories or photos you'd like added please e-mail the fan club. You will be given credit for each submission. THIS SITE IS UPDATED AT LEAST TWICE A MONTH SO PLEASE CHECK BACK OFTEN!

 

HAPPY 10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE VICTOR MATURE FAN CLUB!!!

 

BUY RARE VICTOR MATURE MOVIES!!!

BUY VICTOR MATURE'S COSTUMES!!!

JOIN THE NEW CAMPAIGN TO HAVE A&E DO A BIOGRAPHY ON VICTOR MATURE!

PLEASE HELP MEGAN! DONATE TO THE HOPE FOR MEGAN APPEAL! Visit the auction site!

Buy Charles Rubin's fabulous NEW BOOK! You will love it!

BUY VICTOR'S MOVIES!

Make sure to visit Loretta Lynn's Coal Miners Daughter Museum and visit the exhibit dedicated to Victor's life and career! For all of the exciting details visit Loretta Lynn.com

Before you leave, please visit Biography (Click on PROGRAMMING and then BIOGRAPHY SUGGESTION) and e-mail them and let them know that you want them to do a segment on VICTOR MATURE!

THIS SITE IS BEST VIEWED WITH INTERNET EXPLORER. I'VE BEEN USING FIREFOX A LOT LATELY AND FOR SOME REASON THESE NEW FILES AND THE TRIPOD ONES DO NOT SHOW UP LIKE THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO. SO FOR YOUR BEST VIEWING EXPERIENCE PLEASE USE INTERNET EXPLORER. THANK YOU :)

There is an online group that has taken dozens of copyrighted photos and articles off of this site and have reposted them. These photos/articles are copyrighted and have been given for use ONLY ON THIS SITE. PLEASE DO NOT take any pictures or articles off of this site and repost them anywhere else. They are property of their original owners who have kindly given them for use on this site. Also the articles that have been taken were given to me to reprint with permission from certain writers/journalists and are NOT to be reprinted anywhere else. PLEASE DO NOT REPOST ANY PHOTOS AND ARTICLES FROM THIS SITE. Thank you.

 

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UPDATE 1 JULY 2009 - For this update I've added 2 great new radio shows in the Victor Mature Radio section - which also has a new layout. The newest additions are Sealtest Variety Theater from April 14, 1949 with Victor, Dorothy Lamour and Eddie Bracken. Very funny show! The second one is Hollywood Star Time - My Gal Sal from February 10, 1946 with Victor as Paul Dresser and June Haver playing the part of Sally Elliott. Have fun listening to them! 29 MAY 2009 - For this update I've added 6 new pages: More Great Scrapbook Pictures, Captain Caution, The Housekeeper's Daughter and Out On The Town, Veils Of Bagdad And My Gal Sal Plus More, Victor Article, The Las Vegas Story, and Great Vic Photos And Photos From The Queen Mary. Make sure to also Become A Fan on Facebook at: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Victor-Mature/76005117918?v=wall&viewas=552089647 Make sure to join the Victor Mature Facebook Group at: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=15391611879 10 APRIL 2009 - For this update I've added some more great photos here. Also I've added a fantastic interview Victor did with Louella Parsons. The Links Section has been updated with a link to Vic's co-star and friend Carole Landis' beautiful site - Carole Landis Online. I hope that everyone has a very Happy Easter! :) 24 FEBRUARY 2009 - For this update I've added more great pictures of Victor including ones from The Long Haul, from Affair With A Stranger, one from the Coast Guard with Rita Hayworth, one from Million Dollar Mermaid, and many more! 27 JANUARY 2009 - For this update I have added 12 great new pictures including ones from the Coast Guard, at the airport, at the Mocambo, one with Diana Dors, and many more! Celebrate Vic on 29 January by watching your favorite Vic movie! 5 JANUARY 2009 - For this update I've added two great radio shows that Victor did to the Victor Mature Radio Section. The radio shows are: Victor in Momentum and the Love and Death of Joaquin Murieta. They are approximately 30 minutes each so I've divided them into 3 audio clips each. Have fun listening to them! :) 12 DECEMBER 2008 - For this update I've added a great page of Victor photos and autographs! Thanks so much to Don Strathy for sending them! In case I don't get to update again before the 25th I wanted to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 2009! :) Thanks so much for visiting! I'll be adding many, many more great photos, articles and much more in 2009! 25 OCTOBER 2008 - I fixed the VictorMature.org files so everything is now working. I will be updating again soon. Happy Halloween to everyone next week! 11 OCTOBER 2008 - The Victor Mature Fan Club web site will now be at www.victormature.net As of November 1st, America Online will be deleting all of their sites for some reason so please make sure to visit us now at www.victormature.net Thanks so much to everyone who has visited over the past 10 years!!! :) For this update I added Various Victor pictures. Special thanks to Becca! For now it's best to view the new site with Internet Explorer. I'm going to be fixing the fonts so everything looks better through FireFox also. Thanks so much for your patience as I've moved everything. I look forward to the future of the website and will be updating often. I still have to re-write the files at VictorMature.org because some of them still point to the America Online files. I will get that done right away also. Again thank you to everyone who has visited over the past 10 years. I really appreciate your support! :) 20 AUGUST 2008 - HAPPY 10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE VICTOR MATURE FAN CLUB ON SEPTEMBER 5th! I am currently updating and rewriting every page of the site and will be adding a new menu so everything links together once again. I will keep everyone updated here and on the message board. Thank you for visiting! :) 7 MAY 2008 - I fixed all of the missing photos in the Mature Theater section and also on the Charms page. Make sure to see Victor's very talented daughter Victoria's new movie "As You Like It" which will be coming out in Summer 2008! Check out the great trailer! Please remember to check out TV-Now's JULY/AUGUST 2009 (will be up soon) schedule to keep up-to-date on which Vic movies will be on. :)

A thank you goes to the following people for giving the fan club permission to use certain photos on this website: Lynn Redgrave, Todd Hughes of the American Film Institute and the Lizabeth Scott Compendium, Maria Ciaccia, and Libby Darnell.

This fan club does not wish to violate any copyright laws so if you see anything on this website that should not be here please e-mail the club and it will be removed immediately. Thank you. :) Please do not use any of the scanned images or information from this site on other websites or pages without prior permission. Many of the photos etc. on this site have been given for use ONLY on this site and the COPYRIGHT BELONGS TO THE ORIGINAL OWNERS. So it is very important that you DO NOT COPY PHOTOS or TEXT from this site without prior permission. Thank you! :) A special thank you goes to the family of Victor Mature. :)

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