"Oh, he gave me special instructions back of the pulpit Christmas Eve. He got to howlin' "Repent! Repent!" and I got to moanin' "Save me! Save me!" and the first thing I know he rammed the fear of God into me so fast I never heard my old man's footsteps!"
-- Shirley Jones, in her Oscar-winning performance as prostitute Lu Lu Baines in the film, Elmer Gantry.
-- Shirley Jones, in her Oscar-winning performance as prostitute Lu Lu Baines in the film, Elmer Gantry.
Such a GREAT line from a great film. Even greater was watching Shirley from the first row (along with cousin and fellow heathen Iliana) at the Castro Theatre (along with Turner Classic Movies host Ben Mankiewicz).
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