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ENGL 4860: Special Topics in Film Studies The Gangster Film Spring 2011 Room: PH 322

ENGL 4860: Special Topics in Film Studies The Gangster Film Spring 2011 Room: PH 322 Day/Time: Monday, 430-730 pm. Gangster Film. 2/7/11 | Meeting 3 Scarface (Howard Hawks, 1932; 83m) Reading: MaCarthur (GFR, 39); Sarris (GFR 85). Gangster Film. Howard Hughes, Producer. Gangster Film.

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ENGL 4860: Special Topics in Film Studies The Gangster Film Spring 2011 Room: PH 322

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  1. ENGL 4860: Special Topics in Film Studies The Gangster Film Spring 2011 Room: PH 322 Day/Time: Monday, 430-730 pm Gangster Film

  2. 2/7/11 | Meeting 3 Scarface(Howard Hawks, 1932; 83m) Reading: MaCarthur (GFR, 39); Sarris (GFR 85) Gangster Film

  3. Howard Hughes, Producer Gangster Film

  4. Ben Hecht, Screenwriter Gangster Film

  5. Howard Hawks(1896-1977) Gangster Film

  6. The Road to Glory (1926) Fig Leaves (1926) The Cradle Snatchers (1927) Paid to Love (1927) A Girl in Every Port (1928) Fazil (1928) The Air Circus (1928) Trent's Last Case (1929) The Dawn Patrol (1930) The Criminal Code (1931) Scarface (1932) The Crowd Roars (1932) Tiger Shark (1932) Today We Live (1933) The Prizefighter and the Lady (1933) Viva Villa! (1934) Twentieth Century (1934) Barbary Coast (1935) Ceiling Zero (1936) Sutter's Gold (1936) The Road to Glory (1936) Come and Get It (1936) Bringing Up Baby (1938) Only Angels Have Wings (1939) His Girl Friday (1940) Sergeant York (1941) Ball of Fire (1941) Air Force (1943) Corvette K-225 (1943) To Have and Have Not (1944) The Big Sleep (1946) Red River (1948) A Song Is Born (1948) I Was a Male War Bride (1949) The Thing from Another World (1951) The Big Sky (1952) O. Henry's Full House (1952) Monkey Business (1952) Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953) Rio Bravo (1959) Hatari! (1962) Howard Hawks Man's Favorite Sport? (1964) Red Line 7000 (1967) El Dorado (1967) Rio Lobo (1970) Gangster Film

  7. Talking Points • Muni compared to Robinson and Cagney: the Rough Guide to Gangster Movies calls him reptillian • Tony’s sister Ceska (Ann Dvorak); not a brother, “more like a . . .”; the Borgias • Johnny Lovo is played by Osgood Perkins, Norman Bates’ dad • George Raft as Guino—non-acting menace; Raft an actual gangster • Car chases, machine gun battles, restaurants destroyed by gunfire • Karloff whacked in a bowling alley • A calendar shot up by a Tommy Gun • “The World is Yours” • Capone sends visitors to Ben Hecht; buys his own print • Is he really the shame of a nation? Gangster Film

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