The Combo That Would Not Die

A Sensational Pair To Back Newsreels

August 1943 Sees The Pair in Cincinnati

Bombastic Hell's Angels, with Scarface (or the other way around), were everywhere through the 40's, a seeming perpetual reissue that would disappear for eternity that was the 60/70's. I searched TV GUIDE through latter fallow period, but neither turned up. Anyone recall Scarface or Hell's Angels on tubes? The New York Post's Lou Lumenick found a Gotham vid run for Hell's Angels dated early 40's as part of his extensive research into broadcast life of features, but here in NC, we waited w/o reward. Astor was an independent distrib that took up Hell's Angels from late 30's revival, keeping it in circulation from there, also Scarface, the duo oft-touted in trade ads. William K. Everson stayed vigilant for prints to show his NY film clubs, but had to cope with incomplete or banged-up 16mm. Hell's Angels and Scarface left much footage along byways of exhibition. It was the 80's and Universal taking over Howard Hughes' negatives before anything like full versions turned up. Still there's question as to these being definitive. There was 16mm printed by U in the 80's for airlines (!), or so dealers who snatched a few told me. Hell's Angels and Scarface are available on DVD, Scarface streaming as well in HD at Amazon and Vudu.