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Scarface (also known as Scarface: The Shame of the Nation and The Shame of a Nation) is a 1932 American gangster film directed by Howard Hawks and produced by Hawks and Howard Hughes. The screenplay, by Ben Hecht, is based loosely on the novel first published in 1930 by Armitage Trail, which was inspired by Al Capone.
Jun 14, 2024 · De Palma's flick is dedicated to the original film’s director, Howard Hawks, and screenwriter, Ben Hecht. It could have been a Sidney Lumet film.
Scarface was directed by Howard Hawks, with "Hecht the wordsmith and Hawks the engineer",: 8 who became "one of the few directors with whom Hecht enjoyed working". It starred Paul Muni playing the role of an Al Capone -like gangster.
Scarface was the first film in which Hawks worked with screenwriter Ben Hecht, who became a close friend and collaborator for 20 years. After filming was complete on Scarface, Hawks left Hughes to fight the legal battles and returned to First National to fulfill his contract, this time with producer Darryl F. Zanuck. For his next film, Hawks ...
Scarface: Directed by Howard Hawks, Richard Rosson. With Paul Muni, Ann Dvorak, Karen Morley, Osgood Perkins. An ambitious and nearly insane violent gangster climbs the ladder of success in the mob, but his weaknesses prove to be his downfall.
The original 1932 gangster film by Howard Hawks, written by screenwriter Ben Hecht and produced by eccentric millionaire Howard Hughes (also producer and director of Hell's Angels). It was based on a novel of the same name published three years prior, itself loosely based on the life of Al Capone.
Sep 21, 2010 · Ben Hecht, who had written the original story for Underworld and who knew his gangsters, brought his special brand of humor to the script. (Hecht was later to work with Hawks on adapting his play The Front Page, [cowritten with Charles MacArthur] to become His Girl Friday [1940]).
In 1932, director Howard Hawks and screenwriter Ben Hecht make Scarface, starring Paul Muni as a thinly scarred, thinly fictionalized Al Capone. Muni’s Scarface has a best pal–henchman...
Feb 25, 2015 · Hawks and head screenwriter Ben Hecht were after an equation between Capone and the Borgias: they provided so much contentious meat for the censors amid the violent crackle of Chicago...
Jun 7, 2024 · Scarface: The Shame of a Nation, American gangster film, released in 1932, that is loosely based on the rise of Al Capone. It was an early success for both director Howard Hawks and actor Paul Muni. The film traces the life and crimes of an ambitious gangster, Tony Camonte (played by Muni), as he.
