Talk:Elmer Gantry

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There is also a singer named Elmer Gantry who performed with Alan Parsons on several albums. Should there be at least a stub for him?Mzmadmike 18:33, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

Um, I'm too newbie to figure out the best way to do this, but the Aimee Semple McPherson article has a link contradicting the statement that Sharon Falconer is not based at least in part on her: [1] |publisher=Steamboats Are Ruining Everything|accessdate=2008-01-06|date=June 29, 2007|title=Notebook: Aimee Semple McPherson|author=Caleb Crain Johnpdeever (talk) 20:44, 10 May 2008 (UTC)

The article actually states:

There is no record of the character of Elmer Gantry or any other characters as being fictionalizations of the careers of Billy Sunday or Aimee Semple McPherson.

This is fair enough - although many of us would have little doubt that they were at least in Lewis' mind! Billy Sunday himself evidently saw himself lampooned in the novel. But there is in fact no "record" of this, other than a commonsense reading of the novel and a knowledge of the careers of the people in question. This might even be a discreet "encyclopediac" way of pointing out the apparent connection without stating things that might be controversial, and can't be proved. Soundofmusicals (talk) 08:19, 11 May 2008 (UTC)

This article is rather sketchy, and the unsourced material is the least of its problems. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.234.236.56 (talk) 18:29, 18 March 2012 (UTC)

Unsourced material

The following is unsourced information:

• In one scene of the original Broadway production of Elmer Gantry at The Playhouse Theater in 1928, the Reverend Gantry (played by Broadway star Edward J. Pawley) raced out into the theater audience in a make-believe attempt to obtain converts.

• The female evangelist is based on real-life Sister Aimee Semple McPherson.

• After its run on Broadway, Elmer Gantry went on a national tour. It was not well received by the religious factions in the Midwest, according to the play's star, Edward J. Pawley. His co-star on the road tour was Adele Klaer who replaced Vera Allen in the role of Sister Sharon Falconer.

• George F. Babbitt, the main character in Lewis' 1922 novel "Babbitt", is a minor character in "Elmer Gantry" and the one most responsible in bringing Sharon Falconer's revival to his home town of Zenith

While this is interesting, we can't use it unless you provide a source. Also, none of this is really trivia, as trivia by its definition is "unimportant information" - it therefore shouldn't be in a trivia section but instead the information should be incorporated into the main article. - Tbsdy lives (formerly Ta bu shi da yu) ^talk 10:50, 14 October 2008 (UTC)

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