Elmer Gantry
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Leave aside the worst-case scenarios — a scoundrel in the mold of the fictional Elmer Gantry or the real-life Jim Bakker — the pulpit is filled with perils for even the best-intentioned.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 19, 2022
He is one part Elmer Gantry, and one part Ned Racine.
From Salon • Dec. 18, 2021
In Sinclair Lewis’ 1927 novel Elmer Gantry, she’s a radio evangelist named Sharon Falconer.
From Slate • Jun. 28, 2020
The term and the concept were introduced in print by Sinclair Lewis in 1927 in his novel Elmer Gantry: "There were, in those parts and those days, not infrequent ceremonies known as 'shotgun weddings.'"
From The Guardian • Jun. 17, 2014
In films Page co-starred with Burt Lancaster in his Oscar-winning appearance of "Elmer Gantry," and she appeared in "Dondi" with David Janssen and in "Boy's Night Out" with James Garner and Kim Novack.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 2, 2013
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