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The Gangster Film Reader (Softcover) (1st Edition) by Alain Silver (Editor), James -. Editors Ursini, Andrew Sarris, Carlos Clarens Paperback, 424 Pages, Published 2007 ISBN-10: 0-87910-332-9 / 0879103329 ISBN-13: 978-0-87910-332-3 / 9780879103323 In the 1930s the gangster film in the United States coincided with a very real and very sensational gangsterism at large in American society. Little Caesar (1931), The Public Enemy (1931), and Scarface (1932) borrowed liberally from the newspapers and books of the era. With the release of just these |