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Auction History Result 4b261 ELMER GANTRY 8x10 still '60 dishonest preacher Burt Lancaster, Jean Simmons & 3 men! Date Sold 9/27/2012 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical 8" x 10" [20 x 25 cm] Movie Still (Learn More) Sinclair Lewis' Elmer Gantry, the 1960 Richard Brooks religious bogus-evangelist romantic melodrama ("You're all sinners... You'll all burn in hell!"; "Tell 'em Gantry... Save 'em from sin... lead 'em to salvation... tell 'em about everything-but not about your whiskey and your women!"; "The Screen Has Never Known A Man Like Elmer Gantry"; "Sinner! Elmer Gantry wants you! To save your soul! to see the light! are you ready, sinner? he wants you to know all about heaven... but not about his whiskey and his women!"; "Bless Him! Thousands of believers shouted his praises!"; "Damn Him! Three women damned his soul!"; "If there was a dollar to be made-Gantry would make it... If there was a soul to be saved-Gantry would save it..."; "For Adults Only. No Children Under 16 Admitted Unless Accompanied By An Adult"; "Based on the bold novel by Nobel Prize winner Sinclair Lewis"; "Nobel Prize Winner Sinclair Lewis' bold novel of passion and damnation now bursts full-life across the screen!"; nominated for the Best Picture Academy Award; note that Burt Lancaster did an excellent job portraying the lead of Sinclair Lewis' novel, but the events of the novel had to be drastically toned down for the screen, so that it would not appear that the movie was anti-organized religion, just anti-fake faith healers!) starring Burt Lancaster (winner of the Best Actor Academy Award for this film; in the title role as Elmer Gantry), Jean Simmons (as Sister Sharon Falconer), Dean Jagger, Arthur Kennedy, Shirley Jones (winner of the Best Supporting Actress Academy Award for this film), and Patti Page NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that this still was consigned to us by legendary collector/dealer Marty Davis! Marty was hired in 1972 to evaluate the entire collection of W. Ward Marsh (1893-1971), who was the film critic for the Cleveland Plain Dealer newspaper from 1919, until his retirement in 1970. In 1919 Marsh wrote his first of 23,000 movie reviews for the Plain Dealer. Marsh died less than a year after his retirement in 1970. His library, and photographic and memorabilia archives were given to the proprietor of Cleveland's finest bookstore. Marty Davis was the first person with a background in film history and collectibles to examine the archives. He worked for three to four hours a day, for six months, and his compensation was his pick of the archives. This still (and the other stills that carry this paragraph) are from the W. Ward Marsh archives, and all were stamped on the back by Marty Davis to indicate that they came from this legendary collection. Condition: very good to fine. Learn More about condition grades 
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