FRANK COSTELLO: The Godfather who inspired Vito Corleone (Part 1)

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Great video. Would love to see more of these videos about other gangsters

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[@MaryLaloggia]

I’m Italian so I love these stories . Thank you .

[@MassimoRicciardi-y6k]

As an Italian myself this is how it was back then .

[@gabepettiford2493]

I like Frank Costello but Vito Corleon is mostly based on Don Carlo Gambino, he was sicllian, had three sons and one daughter and he was wise and shew. All these powerful mob leader's "Costello, Bonnano, Profaci and of course Gambino" which Don Vito had quality of them all. But Mario Puzo mostly model his character from Don Carlo, the title of his book is called The Godfather and he got that title from Gambino, Vito character is somewhat different in the novel than the film. Brando version is not as ruthless as the novel version is, Marlon Brando study the voice of Costello for his dispection of the character, but there is no doubt that the main influence of Vito Corleon is Carlo Gambino.

[@r-leanmygirl-gj2kt]

Puzo did not isolate a main influential character to base Vito Corleone on. Take it from a novelist; attempting to derive a primary fictional character - protagonist or antagonist - from a primary genuine character would corrupt the work and render it sloppily biographical. Main characters in all works of fiction, from short stories to epic novels, are drawn from an amalgam of people and circumstances. Gambino being Sicilian and having four siblings of the same sex as depicted in Puzo's novel is irrelevant. ...Offhanded devices you might say, perhaps borrowed from the Gambino family. That the Don (Corleone) in the novel wanted nothing to do with drug trafficking is a highly relevant thematic through line.

[@Rolo_Bambino]

That's your opinion not a fact though. In reality the whole story is based on real life events

[@Rolo_Bambino]

Did you speak to Mario Puzo and he told you he based it on Carlo Gambino ?

[@jerseyjoe82364]

shrewd.

[@jrockner957]

Gambino was a very cold calculating and ambitious sociopath with none of the sense of responsibility or family that Corleone had. I don’t know how anyone could even think Gambino had any influence here except maybe for Michael Corleone.

[@DeBeard]

It's a masterpiece of all masterpieces, the creater must had spent a lot of time on collecting visual materials as well as quotes from those notorious figures through 1920 to 1940, otherwise this vlog would not be so complete and well-edited.❤

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I thought it was a great documentary, good voice overs and very nostalgic pictures and videos. The music was on par as well. Look forward to part two. Be well. Happy Easter

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[@jadengrant]

Vito Genovese really did wait 35 years to have a pop at Frank, that man was something else.

[@kylesmith4335]

Just a thug at the right place and time

[@r-leanmygirl-gj2kt]

Those "thugs" did more for the country and its neighborhoods than any political party ever did. And even the least significant of them could chew little Kyle up and spit him out. Who the hell names their kid Kyle anyway?@@kylesmith4335

[@dougmphilly]

He could not keep his ambition in check.

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This was really good, please do a lot moree. Also part 2 please!!!

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i need two seasons of this

[@My-Nickel]

Well hell, yeah, I want part 2. That was amazing!

[@williemoreno3010]

Frank was lucky the chin was a bad shot on that botched hit. But he was smart enough to retire right after. 😂

[@TheAccidentalGangster]

Was it really a bad shot I don’t think so. It was a warning

[@elcochino8139]

It was Chin Gigante who made the attempted hit on Costello, but Costello didnt rat. After Costello refused to identify Chin as the shooter in court , Chin thanked Frank as he walked out the courtroom

[@TheAccidentalGangster]

@@elcochino8139 that’s correct

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[@markhenderson6696]

Frank Costello put a hit contract on Joe Kennedy, Joe called his friend Sam Giacanna in Chicago and pleaded with him to ask Frank Costello to retract the contract. Because Frank and Sam were close and did major business together, Frank retracted the hit on old Joe Kennedy.

[@Greg_Gatsby]

Either way, probably a business decision, not personal.

[@NothingMaster]

He was a frank individual; a good fellow, and kept many an affable companionable company. 😅

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Pretty interesting. I would definitely like to watch part 2.

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Coming soon!

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Good film and historical work.

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Yes more for sure. This was great

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Excellent story telling. Looking forward to Part 2.

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Glad you enjoyed it! coming soon...

[@theyetti90]

My friends and I didn't touch from each other's plates. TF is wrong with people? 😂

[@sulynn72]

I can't stand that either and not because of poverty 😂. It's just gross😮

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Yes, he definitely wanted to keep trouble away from his crew. I mean, wouldn't you? I sure would. Staying under the radar is the best way to go.

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Absolutely. Well done. Keep the videos coming!!

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[@ralphadamo1857]

According to legend, Francesco Castiglia changed his last name to Costello because he loved (Bud) Abbott and (Lou) Costello. In fact, he loved the comedy team so much that he once tried to persuade Charlie Luciano to change his last name to Abbott. But they soon nixed that idea, concluding that top gangsters named Abbott and Costello would not be taken seriously.

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Very great art work . I just started watching. Fascinating.

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Thank you so much 😀

[@jeannovacco5136]

I was told by a second-generation Italian that Costello an Irish name and much of the results in Wikipedia confirms that. However many Italian names got anglicized upon immigration, or in this case Celtic-ized -- probably because before the US was as diverse as it is today people often identified names ending in vowels as denoting Italian heritage. Today with more immigration from throughout the globe, that rule of thumb is less likely to be accurate

[@userxyz64]

Yes, it is a common name in Ireland. It's origin is a little more complicated. Apparently, it is an anglicised version of the Gaelic name MacOisdealbaigh which in turn was a gaeliczation of the French personal name Jocelyn. The Jocelyn in question was Jocelyn de Angulo, an Anglo-Norman Knight who came to Ireland with Richard de Clare ( Strongbow) in the 1100s. Another Irish name of the same origin is Nangle (from de Angulo).

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My husband's Irish surname got changed on his mother's side. I can't remember which way it went Noone to Noonan, I believe

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Yes please😊

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Great video. Do the other members of the gang next.

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good God that footage in the end.. a snap shot of mob history's most notables...

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Brings us part 2 before the hype dies off

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this week

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I did enjoy this very much! Thanks 😊

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[@TheAccidentalGangster]

The movie Alto knight is coming out in theaters in November. Bobby DeNiro is playing both Frank Costello and Vito genovese written by Nick Pileggi who wrote goodfellas and casino

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Great video, and loved the inclusion of gangster Chronicle clips.

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Glad you enjoyed!

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and please always do the voices never change that

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My second video in and I love your presentation!!

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When can we expect part 2? I love the insights into the lives of famous bosses. It all started with Clutch-hand Morello and Lupo , who used the Black Hand to extort the other Italian families. Now we get the set up of the "Commission" like a board of directors. A very good idea, to settle differences etc. The amount of money must have been staggering. It's the dark side of the history of New York, but it's definitely history...!

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It should be avalaible this week

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Well Documented And Narrated

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The best hour I've spent this week. Well produced and narrated.

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'We was like the Four Horsemen of Notre Dame'. Classic Sopranos malapropism!

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Thanks a lot

[@spaceman081447]

FYI: The Luciano quotations were from the biography entitled "The Last Testament of Lucky Luciano."

[@Sirianstar10]

Great video. Reminds me of the story my grandfather used to tell us about the fist fight he got into with Lucky Luciano on the mean streets of NY. I don't remember the whole story but l do know that my grandfather changed his name. Lol. My mother has a different last name than her cousins do. I only have one aunt left now from that side of my 100% Italian family. ( i had dna done) but she doesnt remember what happened. Guess we'll never know. Ciao!

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Part #2 please.

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Much appreciated!

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Please make more videos!!

[@dinomader2211]

The wedding scene in the Godfather movie was based on Joseph Bonanno's Son's Wedding! Vito Corleone was based on Joseph Bonanno, and I know that for a fact! Because I knew Joseph Bonanno and his Son Bill And Luciano was never head of the commission! The Mafia Commission was formed by Maranzano Luciano broke a major Mafia Commission Rule

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You were alive in the 30s and old enough to know what the adult criminals were doing

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This is so good.

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[@starguy2718]

Frank Costello had the makings of a varsity athlete. Unlike Tony S. and that pygmy thing, over in Jersey.

[@TheAccidentalGangster]

Great show. You can learn more about uncle Frank in my book the accidental gangster.

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Is part 2 coming out anytime soon great video btw

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This week, thanks!

[@dougmphilly]

Vito genovese practically set the stage for the mobs downfall.

[@PhortyPhore]

No, the downfall was all because of John Gotti. Make no mistake about it. If he wasn’t as blind to his own mistakes, he’d never have been caught and in turn , never got 3/4 of the Gambino family and countless others arrested.

[@dougmphilly]

@ in the end, by ignoring their drug abolition, a lie but that is what they told, it the drugs that took them down. But Vito genovese disrupted much of what had worked for decades.

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Very professional

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If you don’t do a part two then don’t say we are watching part one. Make it stand alone.

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OUCH!!!! Great call out!!

[@somerandomvertebrate9262]

If you were a gangster boss in East Harlem in the earliest years of the 20th century, you didn't dominate the New York gang scene. That was up to people like Paul Kelly of the "Five Points Gang" (named after the famed intersection on the Lower East Side that by that time didn't exist in its original form anymore) and Monk Eastman of the "Eastman Gang" (also centered on the Lower East Side, but east of The Bowery).

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Yes definitely

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Great story.

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Thanks for listening

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I don't agree with somebody coming up and trying the food off my plate either I tried the food on my plate they going to get a azz whoopin

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He lived in Majestic Building on 72st and CPW,where my former father in law lived

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I was told Vito's character was based on Russell Bufalino . Who worked with Brando while they were filming movie .

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Part 2!!!

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Do lucky next

[@djquinn11]

John Gotti thought he was Sonny Corleone.

[@Ar1AnX1x]

they started acting like they're as good as Corleones but we know they weren't, they backstabbed each other constantly, even within their own families, no real respect or loyalty

[@The_Bigot]

@@Ar1AnX1xit’s easy to say that when you have no idea what you’re talking about and you probably aren’t even loyal to yourself

[@Ar1AnX1x]

@@The_Bigot I didn't claim to be loyal, made guys claim to be Men of Honor, with traditional values like 'family and loyalty'

[@dinomader2211]

Frank Costello wasn't the person who inspired Vito Corleone! Joseph Bonanno was the person who inspired that role! Frank Costello was """"NOT A MAFIA GODFATHER!! He was a Money Man and that was all he was!! I know that for a fact! I spent 32 years in the Life!

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What is that music? Thanks for upload.

[@sulynn72]

Have you not watched the godfather, I recognize some from that

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Great

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But who was Fredo in the real underworld? 🎯 🔥

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He destroyed the ring. 💍

[@OmeG33rt]

After that he destroy the ring . He got back to hobbit land

[@billkeaveney1526]

Frank is the most interesting person in the mob for me.

[@MaryLaloggia]

This happened a lot in Sicilian. I remember this when I lived there. I would say to my mother, where are the Father of my girl friends.

[@joepass1883]

Cala bria drove me nuts

[@zacharycole4567]

Time Sizemore would've made a good frank Costello character had a movie about frank been made cuz he kinda resembles him ...

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Part 2

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Yes

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Please feature African American street figures as well from these eras!!!

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I will Subscribe if you give us Part 2.

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YES

[@albertangeloro5832]

Enzo The Baker was the inspiration for Vito Corleone.

[@hopaideia]

At first you say that this biography does not mean support for the person of the bio being presented and his activities. However, at Min 22:58 the narrator says "unfortunately that day he was arrested for carrying a concealed weapon." This "unfortunately" clearly establishes a bias towards the character in question.

[@russcooke5671]

I think he meant Frank found it unfortunate to get caught. Not the norrator

[@russcooke5671]

Narrator I mean

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Go watch some power puff girls then

[@TopangaProducer]

Its Calabria it needs to be said correctly and the street sign on the picture of the street is also wrong.Rivington Street is on the Lower east side Castello emigrated to East Harlem

[@rastaman39]

Costello was very savvy like a fox and of course Carlo gambino was brilliant cunning

[@NicTHiQ]

Part 2 please! And more mob videos in general! Tired of same old gotti crap. Would love to see you do a video on Carlo Gambino, Al Capone, or Columbos, I have not seen good docs on them

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coming soon!

[@michaelhenderson2744]

The prime Minister of the underworld

[@JulioJerez-z1f]

I think he was more modeled after Carlos Gambino than after Frank Costello.

[@hallarious506]

Ah, yes 1929. I remember the convention episode of boardwalk empire :)

[@warrenhardie163]

Although they didn't care for blacks... this dude was super cool