James Vincenzo Capone

America in the 1959 was about partying, live music, illegal alcohol and the mob. In the movie Some Like it Hot all of those elements were expose. Starting with the first scene when the Chicago cops are chasing the Italian mob for having illegal alcohol and still got away. The next scene Joe and Jerry were in a live band playing at a funeral party. That was Chicago at its best, having illegal alcohol at the underground parties that were owned by people like Al Pacino and the mob. Another scene…

Jeffrey Zanolini Mr. Saleeba English IV 4 October 2017 John Gotti The leader I have chosen to do is the notorious mob boss of New York and the head of the Gambino family. Born on October 27, 1940, in the South Bronx, New York. He had 12 siblings. His mother Fannie and father Joseph were Italian immigrants who moved often before settling in east New York. By the age of twelve he was working as an errand boy for an underground club in his neighborhood run by Carmine Fatico. Fatico was the…

10. The Frenzy Slayer In the role of the youngest child of Elizabeth and Danny, Noel Michael Winters spent his childhood years in Milledgeville, Saint John NB. While a small child a number of individuals recall that he was polite, while some recall that Noel was tremendously stubborn child. Comparable to any young boy his age, Noel frequently visited the principal's office for the duration of his school days. Nevertheless, even at that inexperienced age his criminal profession was getting…

In this essay I will comparing the way that Arthur Miller looks at the themes of crime, justice and honour in both American and Italian society. I am looking at how characters’ views of the main themes change throughout the play and the ways in which these change effect the direction that the play takes. One of the main themes that Miller looks at is the view of crime and what consists of a crime in American and Italian culture. An example of this is the story of Vinny Balzano where a young boy…

The Federal Government, in enforcing Prohibition, searched for ways to prevent industrial alcohol from being diverted and drunk. In one of their most notorious and controversial ideas they began poisoning the alcohol with multiple different substances, including, but not limited to, mercury, soap, and formaldehyde. This led to thousands of deaths and countless injuries in drinkers. (alcoholsolutionsandproblems.org). As individually smuggling alcohol became harder, organized bands of outlaws…

The Big Fella Scarface Al capone had one of the biggest impacts in the world to this day. He may have been one of the worst men in history, but positive things came from his actions. This man was known for being one of the most infamous gangsters, and committing many crimes. He often said, “you can get much farther with a kind word and a gun than you can with a kind word alone” (Capone 1945). The words he said above shows that he was willing to do anything to get what he wanted. He repeatedly…

Alcatraz Al Capone was one of the greatest criminals that ever lived. He was the 85 inmate of Alcatraz. Al Capone was so sneaky that he opened up secret bars and did that till he was found in 1939 . Al Capone was paying officers to keep his secret bars hidden for good. If the officers did not agree to keep their bars hidden they threatened to kill there family and anyone that they loved. Of course the officers did not like that. The officers started to agree to Al Capone's deals.…

Alphonse Gabriel Capone was born in the district of Brooklyn in New York. His parents are of Italian origin and immigrated in the United States in 1888. By this time there was a massive wave of immigration in America called “New immigration”, the third and largest wave of immigration from Europe consisted of slaves, Jews and Italian. Those new immigrants were mostly artisans and peasants who leave poverty in Italy to begin a new life in United States. There were also a small population of…

Donnie Brasco was an alias of undercover agent Joseph Pistone. Joseph Pistone was born in 1939 in Era, Pennsylvania and grew up in Paterson New Jersey. He graduated from Paterson state college. He left with a B.A. in elementary education social studies in 1965. He then worked as a teacher for one year before taking a position at the office of naval intelligence. He joined the FBI in 1969 after serving many other different roles. In 1974 there was an increase in truck hijackings. During that year…

In her ninety-minute opening statement, Assistant U.S. Attorney Giacalone spelled out the case—John Gotti murdered James McBratney to avenge the murder of Manny Gambino and to win the favor of Carlo Gambino. This murder, she said, began Gotti’s climb to leadership of the Gambino crime family. Defense attorney Cutler responded, “The only family John Gotti knows is his…