And even though times were tough and there was major unrest, movies provided a much-needed escape. Naturally, filmmakers ...

The allure of wealth and power, the precarious gambling of life and death - there's nothing quite like a good gangster ...

The movie was so successful that Hollywood made more than 50 gangster movies the following year. The most violent movie of 1932 was Scarface, starring Paul Muni as Tony Camonte, a Chicago mobster.