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    A movie character played by Buster Keaton and the name of a Sinclair Lewis novel share what name?

    Question #122611. Asked by serpa. (Jul 23 11 10:48 PM)


    abechstein

    		It's not an exact match, but Sinclair Lewis wrote "Elmer Gantry".

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elmer_Gantry

    Buster Keaton played a character named "Elmer" in a number of pictures:

    "Allez Oop" (1934), "One Run Elmer" (1935), "The E-Flat Man" (1935), "Blue Blazes" (1936), "Love Nest on Wheels" (1937), and "Pardon My Berth Marks" (1940).

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buster_Keaton_filmography
    http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000036/#Actor

    I omitted the films where Keaton's character had a last name -- Elmer Dolittle (twice), Elmer Brown, Elmer Butts, Elmer Triple, and Elmer "Happy" Butterworth -- because I thought those would be even further off-mark.

    Jul 24 11, 2:07 AM
    serpa

    		Buster was Elmer Gantry in "Spite Marriage" of 1929.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spite_Marriage

    Jul 24 11, 7:34 AM

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