The plot follows an Italian mobster family who uses they're power to control the elections so they can elect an official that would benefit their family business the most. George Raft plays the father of the family who is the mastermind behind all of their business, while the other stars of the film play his children who execute his plans. The message we are trying to make with this movie is that mobster families have a lot of power and they can use that power even to change highly regulated events such as an election.
Our studio is Warner Brothers because they made a lot of gangster films that were successful such as Little Ceaser, and Public Enemy. Also George Raft was signed with them and he did a great job at portraying tough gangsters in film. Our film's genre is crime fiction/action-adventure. Our director is Mervyn Leroy, because he has directed gangster movies before, and has done an excellent job with them.
The Hays code affects this movie dramatically. Gangster films usually have a lot of swearing, and violence but this code prevents that. So to get around it, when somebody needs to get shot the camera will pan away and you will only hear a gunshot since we cannot show you one. Also there cannot be any use of bad language as well in order to get around this code.
I agree with the choice my group and i have made towards this film. I think our selection of studio, actors, director, and the plot came out well. I think that if this film would have come out in 1935 that it would have done very well at the box office.
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