Valentine's Day Blog

Thousands of people know Valentine’s day as a day of love, that one day when every couple that’s madly in love show their affection by buying flowers, teddy bears, and chocolates. But did you know that on February 14, 1929 there was a massacre between the two most known gangsters Al Capone and George Moran.

                Al Capone otherwise known as “Scarface” was one of top most known gangster around the world. Born into immigrant family in Brooklyn, New York in 1899, Al Capone quit school after the sixth grade and associated with a notorious street gang. At the age of 18 Al Capone became head of the street gang in Chicago when Torrio step down after being shot. He became locally known in the 1920’s while 18^th Amendment prohibiting the sale of consumption, Al Capone bootlegged and got busted. In 1929 dominated the sale of illegal liquor in Chicago. His longtime rival “Bugs” Moran tried to assassinate both Torrio and Capone. So on February 14, 1929 two men posing as policemen and assassinated seven of Moran’s men in a North Side garage. Al Capone was never charged for the murders because his alibi checked out that he was staying at a hotel in Miami. Therefore, he became the most dangerous gambler known worldwide.       

Woody Allen

Part A

                Woody Allen is an American producer, entertainer, director, Oscar-winner, and screen star whose career spans more than 50 years. He broke into his first media business at the age of 15 selling jokes to his local newspaper. Later Woody Allen started doing standup comedy becoming a local comedian.  Later in life he was hired to write one of his famous scripts What New Pussycat? Knowing that he wasn’t going to satisfied with his work without having total control of his production he knew that he wanted to be a producer. 

                Woody Allen remains one of the most respected living directors, boasting nineteen Academy Award nominations and four Oscars. He best known for his romantic comedies Annie Hall (1977) and Manhattan (1979), he has also made he has done movies from different genera’s. He’s gone from doing movies about some bergmanesque films such as "Stardust Memories" to self-destructive darkness of "Match Point”, but one thing is sure he always stuck with comedy. Though his style of movies changed over his career he is still one of the most respected American producers.

Part B

                Woody Allen social life seems to be perfect having the respect of other celebrities, but his personal life is a lot more complicated and absurd then any one would imagine.  In the 1980’s Mia Farrow came into the life of Woody Allen they lasted together for 12 years. Woody and Mia adopted two children together Dylan Farrow and Moshe Farrow. They separate one Mia found nude picture of her adopted daughter Soon-Yi who was around 20 at the time. Soon after Soon-Yi and Woody finally admitted to the press that they had an affair and kept the relationship going long after.

                After the separation the battle of custody of the adopted children began and it wasn’t till then that speculation that their daughter Dylan was sexually molested by her father. This was soon discarded by the police calling them "untrue and disgraceful." These allegations was once again brought up in 2014 when Dylan wrote an article on The New York times ‘Open Letter’ which describe in her own words the predator that lived in the same roof. She talked about how Woody Allen had molested her and how she thought that every other father did the same.                       

 

 

Citations

Dylan Farrow (February 1, 2014) An Open Letter From Dylan Farrow. The NT Times. Retrieved from http://kristof.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/02/01/an-open-letter-from-dylan-farrow/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=0.