Author: LEWIS, Sinclair
Title: Elmer Gantry
Description: New York, Harcourt, Brace and Company, (1927). First Edition. Hardcover. Second state of the binding. Made into a 1960 film about a con man and a female evangelist selling religion to small town America. It won three Academy Awards for Best Actor (Burt Lancaster), Best Supporting Actress (Shirley Jones) and Best Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium (Richard Brooks). It was also nominated for Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture, and Best Picture. Near Fine .

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