Scarface (film, 1932)
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In 1932 a gangster film entitled, Scarface, starring Paul Muni, was released.[1] The film was directed by Howard Hawks.
Richard Brody, writing in The New Yorker, called the film "the 'Wolf of Wall Street'" of its time, because it made the hero's villainous life so attractive.[2]
The film is set during prohibition, and the protagonist is said to be modelled on real-life gangster Al Capone.[2]
The 1983 version follows the original, but it considerably longer.[3] In the 1983 film the protagonist's business is importing Cocaine, while in the original, it was importing alcoholic beverages. The original was set in Chicago, while the remake is set in Miami.
References
[edit | edit source]- ↑ "Scarface 1932". imdb.com. Retrieved 2026-04-25.
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Richard Brody (2021-07-06). ""Scarface" Startles Anew on the Criterion Channel". The New Yorker. Archived from the original on 2021-07-06. Retrieved 2026-04-25.
Hawks’s “Scarface” was “The Wolf of Wall Street” of its day, and, like Martin Scorsese’s extravagant, exuberant 2013 drama about financial grifters, the film’s allure and enticements are a crucial part of its substance.
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"Scarface vs. Scarface". CrimeReads. 2024-08-07. Archived from the original on 2024-08-08. Retrieved 2026-04-25.
Thus, the 1932 version depicts such real atrocities as the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre, while the 1983 version includes real-life footage of Fidel Castro and the Mariel boatlift.