Pump 'em full of lead
Subtitle: a look at gangsters on film
By: Marilyn Yaquinto.
Series: Twayne's filmmakers series
Publisher: Twayne; Prentice Hall International
Published: 1998
Place of publication: New York; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 265
Subjects: Gangster films -- History and criticism.
Description: In "Pump 'Em Full of Lead" author Marilyn Yaquinto takes a fascinating look at one of the most enduring themes at the movies: gangsters. She investigates the screen presence of the gangster since the birth of cinema while exploring with a journalist's insight the gangster's captivating links to real crime. Ms.

Yaquinto charts the evolution of the screen gangster from silent superstar Lon Chaney's frightful criminals to Cagney, Robinson, and Bogart; to the mutant mobsters of the '50s; to the outlaws Bonnie and Clyde of the '60s; and finally to today's villains and wise guys in the films of, among others, Martin Scorsese, Brian De Palma, and Quentin Tarantino.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-256) and index.