Scarface

Resource Information

The work Scarface represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Austin Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

Scarface

Statement of responsibility

[presented by] Howard Hughes ; screen story by Ben Hecht ; continuity and dialogue by Seton I. Miller, John Lee Mahin, W.R. Burnett ; United Artists picture ; directed by Howard Hawks

Creator

• Scarface (Motion picture : 1932)

Contributor

• United Artists Corporation
• Karloff, Boris, 1887-1969
• Mahin, John Lee, 1902-1984
• Marshall, Tully, 1864-1943
• trueBurnett, W. R., (William Riley), 1899-1982
• Miller, Seton I
• Morley, Karen
• Muni, Paul, 1895-1967
• O'Connell, L. William, 1890-1985
• Osborne, Robert, 1932-2017
• Palange, Inez, 1889-1962
• Perkins, Osgood, 1892-1937
• Pratt, Purnell
• Raft, George
• trueTrail, Armitage
• Maxwell, Edwin, 1889-1948
• Dvorak, Ann, 1911-1979
• Barnett, Vince, 1902-1977
• Garmes, Lee, 1898-1978
• Gordon, C. Henry, 1884-1940
• Universal Studios Home Entertainment (Firm)
• Hawks, Howard, 1896-1977
• Hecht, Ben, 1894-1964
• Hughes, Howard, 1905-1976

Actor

• Dvorak, Ann, 1911-1979
• Raft, George
• Pratt, Purnell
• Perkins, Osgood, 1892-1937
• Muni, Paul, 1895-1967
• Morley, Karen
• Karloff, Boris, 1887-1969
• Gordon, C. Henry, 1884-1940
• Barnett, Vince, 1902-1977

Director

• Hawks, Howard, 1896-1977

Producer

• Hughes, Howard, 1905-1976

Screenwriter

• Hecht, Ben, 1894-1964

Subject

• Organized crime -- Illinois | Chicago -- Drama
• Prohibition
• Prohibition -- United States -- Drama
• United States
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Drama
• Feature films
• Fiction films
• Film adaptations
• Gangster films
• Gangsters
• Gangsters -- Illinois | Chicago -- Drama
• Organized crime
• Illinois -- Chicago

Genre

• Gangster films
• Feature films
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• trueDrama
• Film adaptations
• Fiction films

Language

• eng
• eng
• fre
• eng
• eng

Summary

"An exciting story of organized crime's brutal control over Chicago during the Prohibition Era ... This compelling tale of ambition, betrayal and revenge is a groundbreaking masterpiece that influenced all gangster films to follow"--Container

Member of

• Universal Cinema classics

Cataloging source

TEFMT

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Photography, Lee Garmes and L.W. O'Connell ; film editor, Edward Curtiss

Dewey number

791.43/72

Intended audience

MPAA rating: PG

Language note

English soundtrack with optional French subtitles and English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing

LC call number

PN1997

LC item number

.S23 2007

PerformerNote

Paul Muni, Ann Dvorak, Karen Morley, Osgood Perkins, C. Henry Gordon, George Raft, Vince Barnett, Boris Karloff, Purnell Pratt, Tully Marshall, Inez Palange, Edwin Maxwell

Runtime

94

Series statement

Universal Cinema classics

Technique

live action