Victor Mature

Additional films by Victor Mature include The Egyptian (1954) and Chief Crazy Horse (1955). Novello was portrayed in the fictional film Gosford Park (2001) by Jeremy Northam and several of his songs were used for the film's soundtrack. Demille's Bible epic, Samson and Delilah. The Ivor Novello Award is a prize awarded for songwriting, named for Ivor Novello, and awarded each year by the record industry to song writers and arrangers rather than the performing artistes. Victor also starred with Hedy Lamarr in Cecil B. It was alleged by W. Somerset Maugham that Winston Churchill confided in him that he had once been to bed with Novello. Both films deal with the fate of the robe worn by Jesus before the crucifixion. Novello was a homosexual, well known for some of his more glamorous affairs. For 35 years, he was the lover of the British actor Bobby Andrews, and he had an affair with the British poet and writer Siegfried Sassoon.

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 the popular sequel to The Robe, Demetrius and the Gladiators (with Susan Hayward). However, he continued to appear on stage until the day before his sudden death. After the war, Mature was cast by John Ford in My Darling Clementine, playing Doc Holliday opposite Henry Fonda's Wyatt Earp. This downfall from his luxurious lifestyle completely broke his spirit, and he was never the same man after his release. However, with the US entry into World War II, Mature entered military service. During World War II, Novello was convicted of illegal use of rationed petrol (gasoline) and was briefly imprisoned. His first leading role was as a fur-clad caveman in One Million B.C. (1940), after which he joined 20th Century Fox to star opposite actresses such as Betty Grable and Rita Hayworth. He generally composed his music to the librettos of Christopher Hassall.

He was most commonly associated with the term "beefcake" due to his muscular physique and stolid onscreen manner. Novello wrote his musical shows in the style of operetta, and was one of the last major composers in this form. Victor Mature (born in Louisville, Kentucky; 1915–1999) was an American film actor. He also went to Hollywood and appeared in films, but the stage remained his first love and the medium for his major successes. He first became well known as a result of the song, "Keep the Home Fires Burning", which he composed during World War I. After the war, he appeared on stage in the West End, in musical shows of his own devising, the best known being The Dancing Years (1939). He was born at Llwyn-yr-Eos (Grove of Nightingales), Cowbridge Road East, Cardiff, Wales, to Dame Clara Novello Davies (1861-1943), a well-known singer and teacher, and David Davies, a tax collector.

David Ivor Davies (January 15, 1893 - March 6, 1951), better known as Ivor Novello , was one of the most popular entertainers of the 20th century. "Yesterday". "Someday my Heart will Awake". "We'll Gather Lilacs".

"When I Curtsied to the King". "My Dearest Dear". "I can Give you the Starlight". "Rose of England".

"Shine Through my Dreams". "Fold Your Wings". "Keep the Home Fires Burning". Gay's the Word (1951).

King's Rhapsody (1949). Perchance to Dream (1945). Arc de Triomphe (1943). The Dancing Years (1939).

Crest of the Wave (1937). Careless Rapture (1936). Glamorous Night (1935).