Incidentally, in the extended "Godfather Saga" version of
"Godfather" &
"Godfather II", there's a scene (filmed for "II" but cut) in
which a young Jewish ganster is encouraged by Vito Corleone
to make up a name for himself.
He names himself after Rothstein, who fixed the
world series. His name: Hyman Roth, who eventually tries to
have Vito's son Michael killed.
Graham
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>From: "Frederick Zackel" <
fzackel@wcnet.org>
>Reply-To:
rara-avis@icomm.ca
>To: <
rara-avis@icomm.ca>
>Subject: RARA-AVIS: gambler & shoeless
joe
>Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2002 15:05:36 -0400
>
>(I am so far behind in reading . . . ) The Gatsby
gangster Wolfshiem(?) is
>based on the one-time husband of Fanny Brice called
Arnold Rothstein, who
>was mentioned by Hammett in Maltese Falcon as the
one-time boss of Floyd
>Thursby,,,, or so I've been told. Any researchers in
the rara avis?
>
>Frederick Zackel
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