Gangster Disciples

If you’re interested in a muscular Chinese guy roller skating around in a bikini, then I’ve got just the movie for you. Cafe. Waiting. Love. is a Chinese love story filled with humor and grilled sausage. While watching this movie, I noticed many trends common among similar stories, such as the girl who can see ghosts, the ghost who can’t pass on to heaven because he has a regret, and the boy who likes the girl. Although these clichés were not mentioned in Foster’s book, there were still many things

Without sound, the gangster films could not come to life. It was the 1930s that the events of the prohibition era such as bootlegging and the St. Valentines Day Massacre of 1929, and the existence of real life gangsters and the rise of contemporary organized crime helped to encourage this genre. The talkies are accounted for the rise of crime films. The first talkie “100% all talking” picture and, of course, the first sound gangster film was The Lights of New York in 1928. Martin

Alphonse "SCARFACE" Capone Born in New York City, in 1899, by parents Gabriel and Teresa Capone, Alphonse Capone was blessed with a historical blend of ruthless gangster in his blood. Al Capone's parents immigrated to the United States in 1893, from Naples, Italy. Al Capone came from a huge family. He was the fourth oldest of nine children. At birth, Capone's parents never would have believed that their son, Alphonse Capone, would grow up to be a murderous thug without remorse. As a child

Crime, murder, and gangs were taking a hold of Chicago and one defining moment shocked everyone. Two gangs, the Italian-Sicilian mob and the Irish-Jewish crew, had high tensions leading to many confrontations. But the problems between the two seemed to stop after the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre on February 14, 1929. Then, the hunt for those responsible started. The crime itself involved many people, killed many people, and even had effects after the crime. There were many well-known people of

“Everybody calls me a racketeer. I call myself a businessman. When I sell liquor, it’s bootlegging. When my patrons serve it on Lake Shore Drive, it’s hospitality.” This was Al Capone, the most notorious gangster of the 1920’s, comparing himself to the upper class. Capone was one of the biggest causes of the spike in organized crime in the 20’s following the ratification of the 18th amendment. Capone was also one of the main causes of the collapse in the government due to his strong political ties

Al Capone’s attempt to murder leader of the Chicago gang, George (bugs) Moran-Dean O’ Banion yesterday in February 14th, 1929 was a failure after Al Capone had come to the realization that Moran was not yet in the garage where Al Capone had thought that Moran was in. Although, Moran was not killed Al Capone’s four men that were sent to kill and murder Moran successfully killed seven members of his northern Chicago gang, also, known as one of the most brutal massacres in the city’s underworld.

At about 20 years of age, Capone left New York for Chicago at the invitation of Johnny Torrio, who was imported by crime boss James "Big Jim" Colosimo as an enforcer. Capone began in Chicago as a bouncer in a brothel, where he contracted syphilis. Timely use of Salvarsan probably could have cured the infection, but he apparently never sought treatment.[15] In 1923, he purchased a small house at 7244 South Prairie Avenue in the Park Manor neighborhood on the city's south side for US$5,500.[16] In

Al Capone Hornung, Rick. Al Capone. Random House Value Publishing, Incorporated: New York, New York, 1998. What made you want to read about this person? What made me want to read about him was how Al Capone was never caught and I wanted to know what a life of crime was like. Al Capone was an infamous criminal who was never caught for being in a gang or killing people, but for tax evasion. Why were they famous? What were their accomplishments? Al Capone was famous for leading the Chicago mafia

for illegal alcohol. During this time is when Alphonse Gabriel Capone was reaching his early 20’s and he was working as a petty thug and bookkeeper for his lifelong friend, and crime boss, Johnny Torrio. “In 1917, Torrio introduced Capone to the gangster Frankie Yale, who employed Capone as bartender and bouncer at the Harvard Inn in Coney Island.” History.com Staff. "Al Capone." History.com. A&E Television Networks, 2009. Web. 01 May 2018. He would soon be reunited with Johnny, who would introduce

Al Capone, a.k.a. Scarface, was an infamous gangster from the 1920's to the early 30's. His criminal career began at an early age in New York where he was taken under the wing of another infamous gangster Johnny Torrio. (Bardsley) Torrio left Brooklyn for the windy city; it was then that Al Capone started to work for Frankie Yale a gangster known for his aggressive approach in the gangster life. (Bardsley) In 1921 Capone was called upon by Torrio and left for Chicago. (Bardsley) It was in Chicago