Gavin, John

Overview

Works:	112 works in 237 publications in 8 languages and 5,214 library holdings
Roles:	Actor, Performer, Costume designer, Other
Classifications:	ps3503.l718, 791.4372

Publication Timeline

1900 |

|2020

Key

Publications about John Gavin

Publications by John Gavin

Most widely held works about John Gavin

Operación Gavin : México en la diplomacia de Reagan by Carlos Ramírez ( Book )
John Gavin ( Visual )
Terry Sanford papers, 1946-1993 by Terry Sanford ( )

Most widely held works by John Gavin

Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho ( Visual )
6 editions published between 1960 and 2005 in English and held by 1,676 libraries worldwide
Horror melodrama in which a woman disappears after spending the night in an isolated motel which adjoins an eerie Victorian mansion, inhabited by a disturbed young man and his mother.

Psycho ( Visual )
41 editions published between 1960 and 2010 in 5 languages and held by 955 libraries worldwide
Horror melodrama in which a woman disappears after spending the night in an isolated motel which adjoins an eerie Victorian mansion, inhabited by a disturbed young man and his mother.

Imitation of life ( Visual )
15 editions published between 1959 and 2008 in 3 languages and held by 622 libraries worldwide
The story of two widows and their troubled daughters. In the search for success as an actress, Lora neglects her daughter. Lora's black housekeeper's daughter repudiates her mother by trying to pass for white. As the years pass, each of the four women realizes that she has been living an emotionally fruitless existence.

Psycho ( Visual )
1 edition published in 2000 in English and held by 294 libraries worldwide
Hitchcock's classic film about the troubled Norman Bates whose old dark house and adjoining motel offer a supposed refuge for Marion Crane, the ill-fated traveler.

Psycho ( Visual )
2 editions published between 1997 and 2001 in English and held by 262 libraries worldwide
Horror melodrama in which a woman disappears after spending the night in an isolated motel which adjoins an eerie Victorian mansion, inhabited by a disturbed young man and his mother.

Spartacus ( Visual )
17 editions published between 1960 and 2010 in English and No Linguistic content and held by 233 libraries worldwide
Spartacus is the bold gladiator slave who leads a massive slave revolt against Imperial Rome in this epic true account of man's eternal struggle for freedom.

A breath of scandal ( Visual )
5 editions published between 1986 and 2005 in English and held by 142 libraries worldwide
Princess Olympia falls in love with an American but returns to court to announce her arranged engagement to a not-so-bright prince. Her rival for the prince's affections stirs up a scandal.

The new adventures of Heidi ( Visual )
9 editions published between 1994 and 2002 in English and Undetermined and held by 114 libraries worldwide
When Heidi's grandfather dies, she leaves her Swiss alpine home for new adventures.

The madwoman of Chaillot ( Visual )
1 edition published in 1992 in English and held by 101 libraries worldwide
An eccentric countess upsets a plan to transform Paris into a giant oilfield.

Midnight lace ( Visual )
4 editions published between 1996 and 2008 in German and English and held by 86 libraries worldwide
As a newly wed heiress, Doris is slowly being driven mad by life-threatening phone calls and near-fatal accidents.

Back street ( Visual )
3 editions published between 1984 and 1992 in English and held by 56 libraries worldwide
A fashion designer falls in love with a department store owner. Several years later they meet and resume their love affair.

Heidi's Christmas ( Visual )
2 editions published between 1999 and 2002 in English and held by 51 libraries worldwide
When Heidi's grandfather is lost on the mountain, Heidi is sent to live with her spoiled friend Elizabeth in the big city. Elizabeth's father has buried himself in his work since her mother's death, but with Heidi in the household, this Christmas will be different.

Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho ( Visual )
4 editions published between 1960 and 1999 in German and English and held by 44 libraries worldwide
A horror melodrama in which vicious murders take place at a lonely motel next to an eerie Victorian mansion owned by a schizophrenic young man.

A Time to love and a time to die ( Visual )
4 editions published between 1958 and 2009 in German and English and held by 26 libraries worldwide
During World War II, a German officer on his last leave solves problems at home but is killed on his return to the front.

Vera philosophia : studies in late antique, early Medieval, and Renaissance Christian thought by Giulio D'Onofrio ( Book )
2 editions published in 2008 in English and held by 14 libraries worldwide

Alfred Hitchcock's psycho by Alfred Hitchcock ( Visual )
5 editions published between 1960 and 2001 in French and English and held by 11 libraries worldwide
Alfred Hitchcock's masterpiece of the macabre stars Anthony Perkins as the troubled Norman Bates, whose old dark house and adjoining motel are not the place to spend a quiet evening.

The Little princess The new adventures of Heidi ( Visual )
1 edition published in 2005 in English and held by 10 libraries worldwide
"Little princess:" Sara Crewe's (Shirley Temple) widowed father is sent to the Boer War. Little Sara is sent to a boarding school in Victorian England. This is expected to be a temporary situation until Sara's father returns from the war. When Crewe is reported killed in action the school's evil head mistress turns Sara into a scullery servant. Sara does not believe that her father is really dead. She suffers with dignity, looking for him in local hospitals, until he returns.

Some notes on papermaking in Cumbria by John Gavin ( Book )
3 editions published in 1988 in English and German and held by 8 libraries worldwide

Pschyo ( Visual )
2 editions published between 1960 and 1986 in English and held by 7 libraries worldwide
A young girl who has stolen $40,000 from her employer disappears after spending the night in an isolated motel where she was welcomed by the proprietor whose life seems to be dominated by his mother who lives in an eerie Victorian mansion on the hill.

Zeit zu leben und Zeit zu sterben ( Visual )
4 editions published between 1958 and 2009 in 3 languages and held by 6 libraries worldwide
"John Gavin plays Ernst Gräber, a soldier on the Russian-German front in 1944 venturing home to Hamburg on a rare furlough. He falls in love with Elisabeth (Liselotte Pulver) activating a magnetism that compels both individuals toward one another in love, even as it hurtles them headlong into epochal death." [box cover note].