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Elmer Gantry. A Best Actor Oscar went to Burt Lancaster for his outstanding performance as a con-man-turned-preacher in this provocative indictment of religious corruption. Co-stars Jean Simmons and Shirley Jones. 577 IMDb 7.7 2 h 26 min 1960. 13+. Drama · Cerebral · Mystical · Passionate. This video is currently unavailable.
Elmer Gantry. Sinclair Lewis. 1927. Introduction Author Biography Plot Summary Characters Themes Style Historical Context Critical Overview Criticism Further Reading Introduction. Sinclair Lewis’s Elmer Gantry (New York, 1927) is a ferocious satire against Protestant fundamentalist religion in the American Midwest.It tells the story of a hypocritical, corrupt, but very successful preacher ...
Elmer Gantry, le charlatan est un film réalisé par Richard Brooks avec Burt Lancaster, Jean Simmons. Synopsis : Elmer Gantry est un voyageur de commerce beau parleur qui vit de petites combines ...
Elmer Gantry is a fast talking, hard drinking traveling salesman who always has a risqué story and a hip flask to entertain cronies and customers alike. He is immediately taken with Sister Sharon Falconer, a lay preacher whose hellfire and damnation revivalism has attracted quite a following.
29 de mar. de 2017 · Elmer Gantry ist ein Überlebenskünstler, ständig auf seine Improvisationsfähigkeiten angewiesen, um sich aus heiklen Situationen zu winden. Jedes Mal, wenn sich eine Bredouille anbahnt, legt Gantry sein breites Grinsen auf und erzählt genau das, was sein Gegenüber gerade hören will. Am Weihnachtstag telefoniert er mit seiner Mutter und fragt, wie ihr sein Geschenk gefallen habe – das ...
Elmer Gantry es un viajante alcohólico y buen orador que de pronto siente una vocación como sacerdote a pesar de saber que le será difícil no sucumbir a las tentaciones carnales. Un día, en uno de sus viajes, conoce a la hermana Sara, una predicadora que ha logrado convertir a gran cantidad de personas. Elmer se siente atraído por ella y ...
Universally recognized as a landmark in American literature, Elmer Gantry scandalized readers when it was first published, causing Sinclair Lewis to be "invited" to a jail cell in New Hampshire and to his own lynching in Virginia. His portrait of a golden-tongued evangelist who rises to power within his church - a saver of souls who lives a life of duplicity, sensuality, and ruthless self ...
