John Gavin
Biography: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia John Gavin (April 8, 1931 – February 9, 2018) was an American actor who was the United States Ambassador to Mexico (1981–86) and the president of the Screen Actors Guild (1971–73). He was best known for his performances in the films Imitation of Life (1959), Spartacus (1960), Psycho (1960), and Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967), playing leading roles in a series of films for producer Ross Hunter. Born Juan Vincent Apablasa Jr., Gavin was of Mexican, Chilean and Spanish descent, and was fluent in Spanish. His father, Juan Vincent Apablasa Sr., was of Chilean origin, and his paternal ancestors, including Cayetano Apablasa, were early landowners in California under Spanish rule. Gavin's mother was Delia Diana Pablos. Gavin’s parents divorced when he was about two years old. Gavin’s mother married Herald Ray Golenor, who adopted Gavin and changed his name to John Anthony Golenor.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: April 08, 1931
Deathday: February 09, 2018
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Spartacus
1960-10-13
Spartacus
Overview: The rebellious Thracian Spartacus, born and raised a slave, is sold to Gladiator trainer Batiatus. After weeks of being trained to kill for the arena, Spartacus turns on his owners and leads the other slaves in rebellion. As the rebels move from town to town, their numbers swell as escaped slaves join their ranks. Under the leadership of Spartacus, they make their way to southern Italy, where they will cross the sea and return to their homes.
Genres: History War Drama Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-10-13
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Psycho
1960-06-22
Psycho
Overview: When larcenous real estate clerk Marion Crane goes on the lam with a wad of cash and hopes of starting a new life, she ends up at the notorious Bates Motel, where manager Norman Bates cares for his housebound mother.
Genres: Horror Thriller Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-06-22
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Thoroughly Modern Millie
1967-03-22
Thoroughly Modern Millie
Overview: Millie Dillmount, a fearless young lady fresh from Salina, Kansas, determined to experience Life, sets out to see the world in the rip-roaring Twenties. With high spirits and wearing one of those new high hemlines, she arrives in New York to test the "modern" ideas she had been reading about back in Kansas: "I've taken the girl out of Kansas. Now I have to take Kansas out of the girl!"
Genres: Comedy Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-03-22
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Midnight Lace
1960-10-13
Midnight Lace
Overview: Kit Preston begins to unravel when she receives threatening telephone calls informing her she's soon to be murdered.
Genres: Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-10-13
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Imitation of Life
1959-06-26
Imitation of Life
Overview: In 1940s New York, a white widow who dreams of being on Broadway has a chance encounter with a black single mother, who becomes her maid.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-06-26
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Back Street
1961-10-11
Back Street
Overview: Ambitious but thwarted, Rae Smith meets handsome Marine Paul Saxon, (of the Saxon department store chain), as he passes through Lincoln, Nebraska, on his way home from World War II. There's a definite spark between them but circumstances intervene and he leaves town without her. Later she learns he's married. Determined to make it as a fashion designer, Rae moves to New York and becomes a great success. One day she happens to meet Paul again and again there's that spark but he's still married so, as a form of escape, Rae moves to Rome to set up shop. Once again she meets Paul and finally they begin an actual affair since Paul's shrewish, drunken wife, Liz, won't give him a divorce. Time passes, the affair continues whenever time and place permit, but then, Paul's young son finds out about Rae and Rae's back-street world begins to crumble.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-10-11
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Tammy Tell Me True
1961-07-26
Tammy Tell Me True
Overview: Tammy leaves the river in Mississippi to attend college, developing a relationship with Tom Freeman (John Gavin). Sandra Dee replaces Debbie Reynolds in this and the third Tammy movie. This film introduces both a new theme song, "Tammy Tell Me True", and the character of Mrs. Annie Call, played by veteran Beulah Bondi. Mrs. Call ultimately moves in with Tammy at the Ellen B. and would be the catalyst for the events in the following film, "Tammy and The Doctor".
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-07-26
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Behind the High Wall
1956-07-01
Behind the High Wall
Overview: A group prison breakout goes from bad to worse when the desperate warden tries to steal the gang's dough.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-07-01
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Jennifer
1978-05-13
Jennifer
Overview: Ostracized at a snooty private school because of her rural, poor background, a scholarship student is tormented to the point where her only remaining recourse is revenge, using the only method she knows: her psychic control over snakes!
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-05-13
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24 Hour Psycho
1993-01-01
24 Hour Psycho
Overview: 24 Hour Psycho is the title of an art installation created by artist Douglas Gordon in 1993. The work consists entirely of an appropriation of Alfred Hitchcock's 1960 Psycho slowed down to approximately two frames a second, rather than the usual 24. As a result it lasts for exactly 24 hours, rather than the original 109 minutes. The film was an important work in Gordon's early career, and is said to introduce themes common to his work, such as "recognition and repetition, time and memory, complicity and duplicity, authorship and authenticity, darkness and light."
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-01-01
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A Breath of Scandal
1960-03-16
A Breath of Scandal
Overview: A European princess jeopardizes her crown when she falls for an American millionaire.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-03-16
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A Time to Love and a Time to Die
1958-07-09
A Time to Love and a Time to Die
Overview: A German soldier home on leave falls in love with a girl, then returns to World War II.
Genres: Drama War Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-07-09
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House of Shadows
1976-01-01
House of Shadows
Overview: Audrey investigates a murder that occured 23 years ago in a dark mansion. She searches for the dead body, the killer, and the truth.
Genres: Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-01-01
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Four Girls in Town
1957-01-16
Four Girls in Town
Overview: Four young starlets, from various parts of the world, are called to Hollywood to test for the lead in a major film. Each is romantically pursued by the director, composer, playboy, and actor. Which one of an international quartette of beauties will replace Universal's glamour star in an upcoming Biblical epic?
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-01-16
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Pussycat, Pussycat, I Love You
1970-03-25
Pussycat, Pussycat, I Love You
Overview: An American playwright living in Rome consults a quack psychiatrist to combat his fears of balding and save his failing marriage.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-03-25
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Romanoff and Juliet
1961-06-08
Romanoff and Juliet
Overview: Political satire has Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet story updated for the cold war era, with the children of the US and Russian ambassadors falling in love.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-06-08
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The Madwoman of Chaillot
1969-10-12
The Madwoman of Chaillot
Overview: An eccentric Parisian woman's optimistic perception of life begins to sound more rational than the traditional beliefs of others. The story is set in a 20th-century society endangered by power and greed and imagines the rebellion of the "little people" against corrupt and soulless authority.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-10-12
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Quantez
1957-09-06
Quantez
Overview: A gang of bank robbers with a posse in hot pursuit. Riding into the desert, they take refuge in Quantez, a small town they find deserted. Their horses tired and near death, they’re forced to stay the night — with the plan to cross the border into Mexico the next day.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-09-06
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OSS 117 Murder for Sale
1968-07-27
OSS 117 Murder for Sale
Overview: A secret agent is sent to the Middle East to destroy a gang of assassins.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1968-07-27
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Disclosure
2020-06-19
Disclosure
Overview: An investigation of how Hollywood's fabled stories have deeply influenced how Americans feel about transgender people, and how transgender people have been taught to feel about themselves.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-06-19
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Hard Day at Blue Nose
1974-02-12
Hard Day at Blue Nose
Overview: Backwoods officers try to uncover clues about the mysterious death of a young woman at a dude ranch.
Genres: TV Movie Mystery Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-02-12
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Keep It in the Family
1973-04-12
Keep It in the Family
Overview: Two bratty lovers decide to pull the old screw-and-switch on their difficult parents.
Genres: Family Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-04-12
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Doctors' Private Lives
1978-03-20
Doctors' Private Lives
Overview: Two heart surgeons clash over personal issues and medical ethics in a big-city hospital.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-03-20
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Pedro Paramo
1967-01-26
Pedro Paramo
Overview: When his mother Dolores dies, Juan Preciado, son of Pedro Páramo, goes to Comala to claim his inheritance; but when he arrives he finds an abandoned and sinister place, inhabited by mysterious voices and whispers…
Genres: Drama Fantasy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1967-01-26
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The Solid Gold Girl
1964-02-14
The Solid Gold Girl
Overview: While searching for the man who framed him for a crime he didn't commit, Harrison Destry (John Gavin) stumbles into a town where an old cell mate of his is being tried for robbery and murder. The outlaw has hidden the loot and offers to reveal the location to Destry, but instead provides the location to Patience Dailey, a gold digging saloon singer played by Tammy Grimes.
Genres: Western Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-02-14
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Sophia Loren: Her Own Story
1980-10-26
Sophia Loren: Her Own Story
Overview: This biopic about actress Sophia Loren covers her life from childhood through international stardom, her marriage to Carlo Ponti following a romantic fling with Cary Grant, and the birth of her first child, and is tied together with actual clips from some of her movies.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-10-26
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Raw Edge
1956-03-24
Raw Edge
Overview: A Texan arrives in Oregon and seeks justice for his innocently-hanged brother
Genres: Romance Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-03-24
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The New Adventures of Heidi
1978-12-13
The New Adventures of Heidi
Overview: The long-familiar Heidi tale is given a contemporary (and musical) setting as the young heroine leaves her familiar Swiss mountain for the bright lights of Manhattan.
Genres: Music Family Comedy Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-12-13
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Cutter's Trail
1970-02-10
Cutter's Trail
Overview: The Marshal of Santa Fe returns home to find his town almost wiped out by Mexican bandits and enlists the help of a young Mexican boy and his mother to track them down.
Genres: Western TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-02-10
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