European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 4, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Hollywood rediscovers the associated press the violence of Good fellas and other new mob movies Hasni to rattled those who crusade against rap and heavy Metal. But in the Early 1930s, police and concerned citizens agreed something had to be done about the 2 live Crew of gangster films. The new York patrolman a Benefit association passed a Resolution calling for a ban on films that a glorify the lives of gangsters gunmen and the better films committee of Montclair n.j., blamed the death of a 12-year-old boy on a gangster movie the murderer had seen. The main culprits were Little Caesar and the Public enemy. No matter that stars Edward g. Robinson and James Cagney got theirs in the end who could possibly Root for the coppers when the bad Guys were played by better actors with better wardrobes ? Hollywood tried. Cagney insisted he was a sick of carrying guns and beating up women. Movies should be entertaining not and when scar face the shame of the nation was released in 1932, a grim warning was placed at the beginning of the film a this picture is an indictment of gang Rule in America and of the callous indifference of the government to this increasing menace to our safety and our Liberty. What Are you going to do about it a but director Howard Hawks undermined the message the thugs stole the show. None of the speech making by the films police commissioner was As effective As watching George raft coolly clip paper dolls or Paul Muni gun Down fellow mobster Boris Karloff at a Bowling Alley a Bullet knocking Down the 10th pin. A being a gangster was better than being president of the United states a Ray Liotta boasts As gangster Henry Hill in the current Good fellas. Munits Tony Camonte Felt the same Way As he stared outside his apartment at a Neon sign that read a the world is gangsters really weren to that different from the old Hollywood Bosses. They talked Tough wore fancy clothes Cut million Dollar deals. They grew up poor and had Little education but made it to the top through hard work ruthlessness and a Strong belief in free Enterprise. Death was inevitable a taxes were not. A a. Because they ennoble Energy and because they Are Low born cocky and self sufficient they demonstrate what one can accomplish against All the Odds outside the traditions a film critic Neil Gabler wrote in a an Empire of their own a his Book about Hollywood. Camonte with a reassuring Pat to his coat pocket put it another Way a in this business there a Only one Law you gotta follow to keep out of Hollywood a gangsters Edward g. Robinson to Gabriel Byrne with Marcia Gay Harden in a a Millers crossing a and Sean Penn in a state of current mob movies include Millers crossing starring Gabriel Byrne As an Irish mobster with conflicting loyalties state of Grace another Story about Irish mobsters this one set in new Yorkus Hellas Kitchen and starring Sean Penn Gary Oldman and de Harris and Martin Scorsese a Good fellas. The highly publicized the godfather part Iii again directed by Francis Ford Coppola is due later this month. The godfather released in 1972, won the Academy award for Best picture and the godfather part ii did the same two years later. No one can really identify the first gangster film but . Griffith a musketeers of pig Alley released in 1912, contained some of the classic elements a Young couple trapped in a War Between rival gangs a Saloon a dance Hall crooked cops and gunmen with nervous hands. Darryl Zanuck the Young production chief at Warners was the Mastermind behind Many of the Best gangster films including Little Caesar and doorway to hell. Of Cagney a character in the Public enemy he boasted a every other underworld picture has had a thug with a Little bit of Good in him. He reforms before the fade out. This Guy is no Good at All. It la go 4,1990 sunday to plus c Page 5
