Based on Sinclair Lewis's 1927 novel, ELMER GANTRY ('60) centers on a charlatan preacher who certainly doesn't practice what he preaches. Despite its controversial reception, the film scored 5 Oscar nominations. See it as part of tonight's fraudster lineup starting at 8pm ET. | Turner Classic Movies: TCM

AU's very own Rob Boston reads a favorite passage from Sinclair Lewis' Elmer Gantry. Regarding book bans, Rob says, "Book bans are attempt by religious extremists to use their faith as a means to restrict what everyone else may read, learn and experience. Their narrow beliefs become a device to control us and deny information. We are denied the ability to read certain books, learn certain things and have certain experiences because of someone else's religious views. That's clearly a violation of