ELMER GANTRY

Original British 11 inch x 8 1/2 inch Trade Advertisement from Kinematograph Weekly for the 1960 Richard Brooks Drama ELMER GANTRY, based on the novel by Sinclair Lewis and starring Burt Lancaster, Jean Simmons, Arthur Kennedy, Dean Jagger, Shirley Jones, Patti Page, Edward Andrews, John McIntire, Hugh Marlowe, John Qualen and Rex Ingram.

When hedonistic but charming con man Elmer Gantry meets the beautiful Sister Sharon Falconer, a roadside revivalist, he feigns piousness to join her act as a passionate preacher. The two make a successful onstage pair, and their chemistry extends to romance. Both the show and their relationship are threatened, however, when one of Gantry’s ex-lovers decides that she has a score to settle with the charismatic performer.

The Advertisement is in very good condition.