Film Classroom: Modern 1930s – Scarface

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In the 2012 edition of the Las Palmas de Gran Canaria International Film Festival, the series "The Moderns" was programmed. It was an exploration of avant‑garde cinematographic art prior to the introduction of sound, conceived by our colleague Francisco Ponce. We now propose to round off that milestone with nine films made between 1929 and 1934, selected by Luis Miranda, the festival’s director. SCARFACE, THE TERROR OF THE UNDERWORLD (Scarface) United States, 1932, 93´ DIRECTOR: Howard Hawks SCREENPLAY: Ben Hecht. Novel: Armitage Trail PRODUCTION: Howard Hawks CINEMATOGRAPHY: Lee Garmes, L. William O'Connell (B&W) EDITING: Edward Curtiss MUSIC: Adolph Tandler, Gus Arnheim CAST: Paul Muni, Ann Dvorak, Karen Morley, Osgood Perkins, C. Henry Gordon, George Raft, Vince Barnett SYNOPSIS: Tony Camonte, known as Scarface, is a gunman of Italian origin, ignorant and unscrupulous. He is the right‑hand man of Johnny Lovo, the most powerful gangster in Chicago’s South End. Ambitious and ruthless, he gradually eliminates his boss’s rivals until, with the help of his friend Gino Rinaldo, he also seizes power from him and becomes the master of the city. In collaboration with the DISA Foundation