Back Street 1961   N/R, 107 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: David Miller
Cast: Susan Hayward, John Gavin, Vera Miles, Charles Drake, Virginia Grey, Reginald Gardiner, Natalie Schafer, Alex Gerry, Tammy Marihugh, Robert Eyer, Doreen McLean, Karen Norris, Hayden Rorke, Mary Lawrence, Joseph Cronin
In this remake of earlier productions of "Back Street," Susan Hayward and John Gavin take on the roles of Rae Smith and Paul Saxon who meet and fall in love, but, due to a mix-up, they do not marry. Years later, they meet again, and now Paul is married to alcoholic Liz (Vera Miles). Unable to get a divorce from Liz, Walter enters into a love affair with Rae that will last for years to come. 2 User Reviews
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| | anonymous 02/14/2008 | | I am 66 years old now, but i still think about this movie. i loved susan hayward from my teenager years to today. i quote that line where John Gavin showed her his picture in their new house and asks her if she can decorate around it, and her reply was; why not, i built my whole life around it. i love it, i love it. where can you buy her movies? |
| | Anonymous 07/19/2007 | | If you are a romantic at heart, you will love this film. John Gavin is easy on the eyes and Susan Hayward is outstanding. You keep wishing throughout the movie that the two will end up together. |
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A Breath of Scandal 1960  N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Michael Curtiz
Cast: Sophia Loren, John Gavin, Maurice Chevalier, Isabel Jeans, Angela Lansbury, Carlo Hinterman, Tullio Carminati, Milly Vitale, Roberto Risso, Friedrich von Ledebur
An Austrian princess, Olympia (Sophia Loren), refuses to marry the Russian prince (Carlo Hinterman) her parents have chosen for her and, instead, wants to marry an American commoner (John Gavin).
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History of the World: Part I 1981 R, 93 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Mel Brooks
Cast: Mel Brooks, Dom DeLuise, Madeline Kahn, Harvey Korman, Orson Welles, Cloris Leachman, Gregory Hines, John Gavin, Paul Mazursky, John Hurt
The Roman Empire, the Spanish Inquisition, and the French Revolution are presented as you have never read in history books. Added to that are excerpts from the Bible presented in humorous, irreverent ways. This is definitely a hysterical historical movie.
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Imitation of Life 1959   N/R, 124 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Douglas Sirk
Cast: Lana Turner, John Gavin, Robert Alda, Sandra Dee, Juanita Moore, Susan Kohner, Dan O'Herlihy, Troy Donahue, Jack Weston, Mahalia Jackson, Bess Flowers, Joel Fluellen, Peg Shirley
This is a revised version of the earlier film, but now the story has been updated to fit the 1950s. Two single mothers Lora Meredith (Lana Turner), who is White, and Annie Johnson (Juanita Moore), who is Black, move in together and raise their daughters. Lora is an aspiring actress, and Annie takes care of the household chores. But, personal problems enter their lives. Light-skinned, 18-year-old Sarah Jane (Susan Kohner) passes for White and breaks her mother Annie's heart. Meanwhile, Lora's 16-year-old daughter Susie (Sandra Dee) feels neglected by her mother as Lora's time is taken up with her career, and Susie falls for photographer Steve Archer (John Gavin). But, when Annie dies, Lora and the daughters realize their mistakes and change their attitudes about life. Both Juanita Moore and Susan Kohner received Academy Award nominations for Best Supporting Actress.
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Midnight Lace 1960 N/R, 108 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: David Miller
Cast: Doris Day, Rex Harrison, John Gavin, Myrna Loy, Roddy McDowall, Herbert Marshall, Natasha Parry, John Williams, Hermione Baddeley, Rhys Williams
Kit Preston (Doris Day) is unaware that her husband, Tony (Rex Harrison), is plotting to kill her–after she appears insane as a result of numerous disturbing telephone calls. This film was remade for TV in 1980. 1 User Review
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| | anonymous 04/02/2009 | | another grt performance by doris...anothr oscar she didn't get!!!! |
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The New Adventures of Heidi 1978 TV, 82 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy / Drama / Musical
Director: Ralph Senensky
Cast: Katy Kurtzman, Burl Ives, John Gavin, Sean Marshall, Marlyn Mason, Sherrie Wills, Alex Henteloff, Charles Aidman, Walter Brooke, Amzie Strickland, Adrienne Marden, Barry Cahill, Molly Dodd, Arlen Stuart, Bartlett Robinson
This made-for-TV remake of the popular story is set in modern times. Heidi (Katy Kurtzman) is living in the Swiss Alps with her beloved Grandfather (Burl Ives) who is going blind. After Grandfather wanders away from the cabin and is lost, Heidi is sent to live with her friend Elizabeth's (Sherrie Wills) relatives in NYC where she enjoys the holidays in New York at Elizabeth's family mansion. When Heidi returns to the Swiss Alps after the holidays, she is reunited with Grandfather who is now totally blind. Elizabeth's father, Dan Wyler (John Gavin), takes him to Zurich where a surgeon restores his eyesight. Now, their problem is solved, and Heidi and Grandfather happily return to the Swiss Alps. The story is complemented by several original songs.
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Psycho 1960  N/R, 109 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Cast: Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Simon Oakland, John Anderson, Vera Miles, Vaughn Taylor, John Gavin, John McIntire, Martin Balsam, Lurene Tuttle, Frank Albertson, Patricia Hitchcock, Mort Mills, George Eldredge, Sam Flint
Janet Leigh plays confused Marion Crane who helps herself to company funds and is on her way to a better life with her newly found wealth. In the course of her escape, she stops at the Bates Motel where she meets the weird manager Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins) who has his own plans for her. She better not take a shower! Leigh was nominated for an Oscar as Best Supporting Actress, and Alfred Hitchcock was nominated for Best Director.
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Romanoff and Juliet 1961 N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Peter Ustinov
Cast: Peter Ustinov, Sandra Dee, John Gavin, Akim Tamiroff, Alix Talton, Rik Van Nutter, John Phillips, Peter Jones, Tamara Shayne, Suzanne Cloutier
Peter Ustinov wrote, directed, and stars in this Cold War satire of a turn of events in the lives of two ambassadors–one from the U.S. and the other from the U.S.S.R. whose lives change when their children, Juliet (Sandra Dee) and Igor (John Gavin) meet and fall in love.
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 Spartacus 1960  N/R, 196 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Drama / Romance
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Cast: Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier, Jean Simmons, Peter Ustinov, Charles Laughton, Tony Curtis, Nina Foch, Herbert Lom, John Ireland, Woody Strode, John Gavin, John Dall, Charles McGraw, Joanna Barnes, Harold J. Stone
This story begins when the slave, Spartacus (Kirk Douglas), is sold to Biatus (Peter Ustinov). During his subsequent training as a gladiator, Spartacus leads the other slaves in a rebellion, and they make their way to southern Italy. Meanwhile in Rome, two senators–Crassus (Laurence Olivier) and Gracchus (Charles Laughton)–envision the slave revolt as their keys to power. But, the interference from Crassus and Gracchus does not deter Spartacus and the slaves from their march to freedom. Peter Ustinov won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, and Russell Metty won for Best Cinematography. There were two other Academy Awards (Best Art Direction/Set Decoration and Costume Design) and a nomination for Best Musical Score. 1 User Review
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| | One of the greatest movies ever. | Anonymous 10/15/2007 | | |
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Tammy Tell Me True 1961 N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Harry Keller
Cast: Sandra Dee, John Gavin, Charles Drake, Virginia Grey, Beulah Bondi, Cecil Kellaway, Edgar Buchanan, Julia Meade, Gigi Perreau, Juanita Moore, Hayden Rorke, Ward Ramsey, Henry Corden
River girl Tammy (Sandra Dee) hasn't heard from her boyfriend for awhile and decides to get some "book learnin'" at college. To pay for expenses, she gets a job as aide to wealthy Annie Call (Beulah Bondi) and later rescues her from her conniving niece Suzanne Rock (Julia Meade) who has Tammy arrested for supposedly stealing a necklace and tries to get Annie institutionalized for mental incompetence. When Tammy goes before Judge Carver (Edgar Buchanan), he believes her story, and she and Annie are cleared of charges. Despite all of her problems, Tammy manages to find time to fall in love with her speech professor, Tom Freeman (John Gavin). The new theme song "Tammy Tell Me True" is introduced in this film.
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Thoroughly Modern Millie 1967 N/R, 138 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: George Roy Hill
Cast: Julie Andrews, Mary Tyler Moore, Carol Channing, James Fox, John Gavin, Beatrice Lillie, Jack Soo, Pat Morita, Philip Ahn, Anthony Dexter
Millie Dillmount (Julie Andrews) arrives in New York City in search of a job and husband but is threatened with being sold into a white slavery ring. Although this 1920's farce is too long, it won an Academy Award for Best Musical Score and received six other nominations, including Best Supporting Actress (Carol Channing).
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A Time to Love and a Time to Die 1958 N/R, 132 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Douglas Sirk
Cast: John Gavin, Liselotte Pulver, Jock Mahoney, Don DeFore, Keenan Wynn, Erich Maria Remarque, Thayer David, Klaus Kinski, Jim Hutton, John Van Dreelen
During World War II, Private Ernst Graeber (John Gavin) finally receives his furlough and leaves the Russian front for a much-anticipated return to his home in Germany. Once there, however, he finds his home has been bombed and his parents are nowhere to be found. But, he meets the beautiful Elizabeth Kruse (Lilo Pulver), and, together, they seek sanity in a world gone mad.
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| 1. Back Street (1961)
2. A Breath of Scandal (1960)
3. History of the World: Part I (1981)
4. Imitation of Life (1959)
5. Midnight Lace (1960)
6. The New Adventures of Heidi (1978)
7. Psycho (1960)
8. Quantez (1957)
9. Romanoff and Juliet (1961)
10. Spartacus (1960)
11. Tammy Tell Me True (1961)
12. Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967)
13. A Time to Love and a Time to Die (1958)
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