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God's Little Acre is a 1933 novel by Erskine Caldwell about a dysfunctional farming family in Georgia obsessed with sex and wealth. The novel's sexual themes were so controversial that the New York Society for the Suppression of Vice asked a New York state court to censor it.
God's Little Acre is a 1958 American comedy-drama film of Erskine Caldwell's 1933 novel of the same name. [3] [4] [5] It was directed by Anthony Mann and shot in black and white by cinematographer Ernest Haller. Although the film was not released until August 1958, its production schedule was indicated as September 11 to late October 1957. [6]
Erskine Preston Caldwell (December 17, 1903 – April 11, 1987) was an American novelist and short story writer. [1] [2] His writings about poverty, racism and social problems in his native Southern United States, in novels such as Tobacco Road (1932) and God's Little Acre (1933), won him critical acclaim.
1933: Lost fight to have Erskine Caldwell's novel God's Little Acre declared obscene. [24] 1934: Raided magazine "back-number" shops to confiscate four new magazines with the titles Real Boudoir Tales, Real Temptation Tales, Real Forbidden Sweets, and Real French Capers. [25]
Erskine Caldwell (1903–1987), God's Little Acre; Taylor Caldwell (1900–1985), Dynasty of Death; Wayne Caldwell (born 1948) Hortense Calisher (1911–2009), False Entry; Sophia Alice Callahan (1868–1894), Wynema, a Child of the Forest; Bebe Moore Campbell (1950–2006), Singing in the Comeback Choir; Helen Stuart Campbell (1839–1918 ...
Labor strife at the Horse Creek Valley mills was a major theme of Erskine Caldwell's book God's Little Acre. After World War II, the industrial economy continued to decline until 2005, when the last mill left standing was impacted by the Graniteville Train Derailment. Nine people in the area were killed by an early morning chlorine spill.
In 1958, she was cast as Darlin' Jill in the film version of God's Little Acre, based on Erskine Caldwell's novel. The film marked the screen debut of Tina Louise and also starred Robert Ryan, Jack Lord, Buddy Hackett, Aldo Ray, and Vic Morrow.
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