CC205 Lecture 3: CC 205 goodfellas lecutre 3
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Hollywood portrayal bugsy (1991: the film bugsy (1991) is a biopic of bugsy siegel. Jewish gangster, popularly thought to be the impetus (force) behind large scale development of las. Vegas: this (cid:449)as(cid:374)"t t(cid:396)ue, he stole the idea f(cid:396)o(cid:373) so(cid:373)eo(cid:374)e else. He (cid:449)as o(cid:374) the (cid:396)oad, hea(cid:396)d a (cid:271)u(cid:374)(cid:272)h of investors talking about putting a casino and hotel in las vegas, so he stole the idea. In 1937, the east coast mob sent siegel to california to develop gambling rackets with la mobster. Jack dragna: he was to set up national wire service the gangsters got the race results before everyone else and bet a lot of money on it. He was supposed to set this up in california. Siegel was a womanizer: he had affairs with several hollywood socialites and actresses, he was good friends with actor george rat, he used hollywood connections to extort movie studios. Siegel soon started a torrid affair with a sharp-tongued virginia hill (1916-1966)
