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Auction History Result 4d378 ELMER GANTRY LC #7 '60 bogus preacher Burt Lancaster by people at table with chimp! Date Sold 10/4/2012 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Movie Lobby Card #7 (LC; measures 11" x 14" [28 x 36 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. Important Added Info: Note that this card has been graded and authenticated by mpgrading.com. This means that a corner of the card has been "encrypted with a unique 9-digit serial number with invisible DNA-laced ink", which can be seen with a special scanner, and this info has been attached to a separate Certificate of Authenticity. On that certificate, the card ha been given a grade of "very fine (8.5)", but of course, that grading scale is not the same as ours, and on ours, we grade this card as "very good" (see below). Also note that the title of the movie is misspelled on the COA. Condition: very good. There are creases and smudges in the top left corner. Note that this lobby card is completely unrestored and there is not a single piece of tape on either the front or back! Learn More about condition grades 
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