Considering that the genre is almost as old as Hollywood itself, audiences have grown accustomed to its tropes and formulas. ...

"In the 1930s, those films reflected the sentiment of the time, which still exists today, ... "Those old gangster movies were a product of their time," says Muller.

If you’ve seen any old gangster movies, you’re probably familiar with the phrase: “Calling all cars, calling all cars!” It became a cliche for when police headquarters sent out an alert ...

For their new Star Trek film, the vibe was going to be 1930s gangster films. ... "I would go hang out at his house one night and we would watch old gangster films," the screenwriter continued.

The fictitious gangster drama which gave Kevin McCallister and the world the line, “keep the change, ya filthy animal,” would be 82 this year, according to Home Alone' cinematographer Julio Macat.

As many people first viewed this movie when they were children, and since "Angels with Filthy Souls" looks just like an old-timey gangster movie, many viewers were left with the impression that ...

How Goodfellas and the class of 1990 changed gangster films forever. To cinephiles long in thrall to ‘The Godfather’, there were clear rules as to how mob movies should be made.

Perusing old Enquirer pages on Newspapers.com, a headline from June 22, ... It played out like a James Cagney gangster movie. In the 1930s, bank robberies were something of a craze.