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Romanoff and Juliet (1961) Peter Ustinov, Sandra Dee, John Gavin
A tiny, otherwise inconsequential and powerless European country called Concordia Read More »
A Breath of Scandal (1960) Michael Curtiz, Sophia Loren, Maurice Chevalier, John Gavin
Austrian Princess Olympia is in a quandary. Olympia is betrothed to an unloving, buffoonish Prussian prince named Ruprecht. Read More »
Imitation of Life (1959) Douglas Sirk, Lana Turner, John Gavin, Sandra Dee, Drama
Aspiring actress Lora Meredith meets Annie Johnson, a homeless black woman at Coney Island and soon they share a tiny apartment. Read More »
Midnight Lace (1960) David Miller, Doris Day, Rex Harrison, John Gavin, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
In London, the American futile housewife Katherine “Kit” Preston has been married for three months with the American executive Anthony “Tony” Preston. Read More »
Back Street (1961) David Miller, Susan Hayward, John Gavin, Vera Miles, Drama
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.
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