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In the 1995 Martin Scorsese film Casino the protagonist, Sam "Ace" Rothstein, was named for Arnold Rothstein [citation needed] but modeled on real-life sports bettor and fixer Frank "Lefty" Rosenthal. In the 1999 biopic Lansky, played by Stanley DeSantis. In the HBO series Boardwalk Empire, played by Michael Stuhlbarg.
Arnold Rothstein (Michael Stuhlbarg) is a main character in Seasons 1-4 and a recurring antagonist throughout the 4 seasons. He is a powerful and intelligent New York gangster who enters into business with Nucky and is based on the real-life historical figure of the same name.
Boardwalk Empire is a period drama focusing on Enoch "Nucky" Thompson (based on the historical Enoch L. Johnson), [7] a political figure who rises to prominence and controls Atlantic City, New Jersey, during the Prohibition period of the 1920s and 1930s. Nucky interacts with historical characters in both his personal and political life ...
Harvey Weinstein (/ ˈ w aɪ n s t iː n /) (born March 19, 1952) is an American former film producer and convicted sex offender.In 1979, Weinstein and his brother, Bob Weinstein, co-founded the entertainment company Miramax, which produced several successful independent films including Sex, Lies, and Videotape (1989); The Crying Game (1992); Pulp Fiction (1994); Heavenly Creatures (1994 ...
Irving Wexler (born January 19, 1888 – June 24, 1952) better known as Waxey Gordon, was an American gangster who specialized in bootlegging and illegal gambling. An associate of Arnold Rothstein during prohibition, he was caught up in a power struggle following Rothstein's death.
Lee Harvey Oswald. Died: 1963. Buried: ... Arnold Rothstein. Died: 1928. Buried: Union Field Cemetery. Queens, New York. While Arnold Rothstein was the typical mobster, participating in organized ...
He is shot to death by Jimmy Darmody after making boorish comments about him, Nucky and Rothstein. Matteo D'Alessio: Ignacious and Leo's younger brother, Lucien, Sixtus and Pius's older brother, a member of the D'Alessio criminal operation and an associate of Arnold Rothstein, Lucky Luciano and Mickey Doyle. He is strangled and choked to death ...
Richard's death on 'Farewell Daddy Blues' was just one of several such departures in what was a seriously blood soaked finale." [13] Michael Noble of Den of Geek wrote, "Boardwalk Empire is serious enough it in its intent and effective enough in its execution that it deserves to be questioned on its core assumptions. That it can answer them is ...