God's Little Acre

by Erskine Caldwell, Anthony Mann, Ben Maddow Philip Yordan

$350 · Offered by Royal Books

Beverly Hills, CA: United Artists, 1958. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1958 film, showing Tina Louise buried partially in the sand. Just as Erskine Caldwell's 1933 novel was met with scrutiny and censorship upon its publication, the film adaptation twenty-five years later met with similar disapproval. Scenes involving actresses Louise and Fay Spain were perceived as obscene, the film was said to call marital fidelity into question, and even

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