The 1930s are undoubtedly the most influential decade in the gangster genre's history. While the silent era produced many proto-type gangster movies, the genre officially did not begin to take form ...

INDIANAPOLIS — The body of notorious 1930s gangster John Dillinger is expected to be exhumed in September from a concrete-encased grave at an Indianapolis cemetery more than 85 years after he was ...

John Dillinger was a major figure in the gangster era of the 1930s. The body John Dillinger, who is accused of terrorizing the Midwest in the early 1930s and became a major figure of the U.S.

HIGH POINT Can you imagine someone from High Point doing time at Alcatraz, once considered the most secure, escape-proof prison in America? When Alcatraz opened as a maximum-security federal ...

For a variety of cultural, financial and governmental reasons, Canadian filmmakers produce films that tend to be conventional — even bland. There are two great exceptions to this. The obvious one is ...

Nearly everyone knows the name John Dillinger, an infamous gangster synonymous with the crime-ridden era of the 1930s. But did you know that the notorious bank robber was once captured when he stayed ...

In honor of what would have been Al Capone’s 125th birthday, CU Boulder cinema researcher Tiel Lundy explains the enduring popularity of gangsters in film and the American imagination What is the most ...

With the last words “Whoopie, let ’er go!” Stephen “Bolly” Ziolkowski was executed in the electric chair at Sing-Sing prison 85 years ago last week. Eighty-five years this week, Ziolkowski’s body was ...

List of Abbreviations -- List of Illustrations -- List of Characters -- Prologue. Naked City -- Ch. 1. Reel Gangsters -- Mobsters and the Movies -- Ch. 2. Real Gangsters: Abe Reles & the Origins of ...

We guess when you move Frankenstein to the world of 1930s Chicago, a gritty retelling full of guns and gangsters is precisely what you’ll get. Even monsters are a product of their time. The synopsis ...

Daniel is a University of Louisville graduate with an English degree, a sizable collection of Blu-rays, books, records, and a love of hiking. Gangster cinema is one of the most storied and celebrated ...