Will keep that in mind, Maryn! Some authors do shine earlier.
The movie is about a fifth of the book, if I recall. The book ends with Gantry as a powerful clergyman reading to make an organization to keep America clean once for all. Frank, a liberal pastor and Elmer's counterpoint, gets almost lynched for supporting the theory of evolution and ends up deaf and blind due to the wounds.
Elmer does have sex with Shirley Jones' character in an altar adorned by crucifices, menorahs, Buddha statues and whatnot.
I never read Elmer Gantry. It was in the "adult" section of the library. I remember the movie--I had to wait to watch it until it came on TV because it was an "adult" movie. Either the good parts were all cut out on TV or the times had passed it up. By the time I saw it, it was pretty tame. Shirley Jones certainly wasn't Mama Partridge! --s6
The movie is about a fifth of the book, if I recall. The book ends with Gantry as a powerful clergyman reading to make an organization to keep America clean once for all. Frank, a liberal pastor and Elmer's counterpoint, gets almost lynched for supporting the theory of evolution and ends up deaf and blind due to the wounds.
Elmer does have sex with Shirley Jones' character in an altar adorned by crucifices, menorahs, Buddha statues and whatnot.