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Auction History Result 5x0947 ELMER GANTRY 1sh 1960 Jean Simmons, Shirley Jones, Patti Page, Burt Lancaster in title role! Date Sold 9/20/2020 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Folded One-Sheet Movie Poster (1sh; measures 27" x 41" [69 x 104 cm]) (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. If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Condition: good. The poster has MANY creases scattered throughout (see our image). It has creases, defects, areas of paper loss and tears of varying lengths along parts of some edges as well. Please see our super-sized image to get a good sense of the condition of this item prior to placing a bid and please do not bid unless you can accept the defects described above, or you are willing to pay to have them properly restored. Learn More about condition grades 
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