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Our Fake History

Episode #223 - What's True About Al Capone? (Part II)

Our Fake History

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Education, Talk Radio, Society & Culture, History

4.73.5K Ratings

🗓️ 12 March 2025

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

If you get your history from watching gangster movies, then you might be under the impression that Al Capone singlehandedly started Chicago's Beer Wars. That is certainly what is suggested by the 1932 gangster classic Scarface. The truth is considerably more complicated. Chicago's gang wars were messy multi-factional conflicts that can remind you of Japan's Warring States period. Al Capone was right in the middle of this wave of violence, but should he be blamed for it? Tune-in and find out how murderous florists, a guy named "Ragtime Joe", and Al Capone's fake furniture shop all play a role in the story. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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1:04.4

In the early 1930s, Hollywood fell in love with gangsters.

1:14.0

Tales of crime and violent street life had provided inspiration for films since the silent era.

1:20.7

But at the dawn of the 30s, a rash of new movies hit American screens that solidified the image of the cigar-chomping,

1:30.0

machine gun-toting, pop culture hoodlum.

1:35.3

1931 saw the release of City Streets starring Gary Cooper, Little Caesar, starring Edward G. Robinson, and Public Enemy, starring the ultimate

1:48.5

gangster actor James Cagney. All of these movies traced the rise and fall of ambitious criminals

1:57.1

caught up in the dangerous world of Prohibition-era racketeering.

2:03.2

And each film did its part to move the needle in terms of how much violence could be shown

2:09.2

on the American screen. In the case of public enemy, the director, William Wellman, apparently

2:16.3

promised studio head Jack Warner that, quote,

2:20.4

I'll bring you the toughest, most violent picture you ever did see, end quote.

2:26.8

Many critics agreed that he did just that.

2:30.7

James Cagney's unhinged and abusive crook would become the baseline for every bad gangster impression for the next century.

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