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100 Years Ago: 1921
Monday night, March 21, has been named as the date of the postponed Bates College Night of the Auburn Chamber of Commerce Forum. This is to be observed as Ladies Night by the Forum Committee and a large attendance of Auburn women as well as a full attendance of the men belonging to the Forum Committee is expected. A program of more than ordinary interest is promised as music will be furnished by a male quartet and there will also be various instrumental solos. The speaker for the evening will be President Gray of Bates College.
50 Years Ago: 1971
Mafia Inc Review: Mob Mayhem Among the Maple Leaves
A strong if fictionalized screen version of a bestselling Canadian organized-crime exposé.
Dennis Harvey, provided by
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Director: Podz
With: Sergio Castellitto, Marc-André Grondin, Gilbert Sicotte, Mylène Mackay, Donny Falsetti, Tony Nardi, Cristina Rosato, Michael Ricci, Vittorio Rossi, Domenic di Rosa, Toni Ellwand, John Griffin, Henri Picard, Antonio Ianmmatteo. (French, English, Italian dialogue)
Though there haven’t been a lot of movies about it, the tentacles of Italy-based organized crime duly reach above Scorsese territory to the even-more-frequently-Frozen North. If not for the French dialogue, however, you wouldn’t necessarily know “Mafia Inc” were taking place in Quebec, or even Canada, so familiar and insular is the brutal syndicate business depicted here. This solid mob drama is based on journalists Andre Cedilot and Andre Noel’s best-selling nonfiction tome of the same name, whi