Don Michael Corleone was the head of the Corleone family after Vito Corleone stepped down. Born in 1920, to Vito and Carmela Corleone, Michael was deeply loved by his man, even prompting Vito to murder blackmailer Don Fanucci so he could support Michael and the rest of his family.
Early years. Vito Andolini’s story starts in Corleone, Sicily.In 1901, the local mafia chieftain, Don Ciccio, murders Vito’s man Antonio when he refuses to pay him tribute.
Sonny Corleone: What are you gonna do? Nice college man, didn’t want to get mixed up in the family business. Now you want to gun down a police captain. Why? Because he slapped you in the face a little?
Don Vito dances with his teen one last time. By the early 1930s, Vito Corleone had established the Corleone family along with old friends Peter Clemenza and Salvatore Tessio, who would become his caporegimes.
Don Corleone: We have known each other many years, but this is the first time you’ve come to me for counsel or for help.I can’t remember the last time you invited me to your house for a cup of coffee, even though my wife is godmother to your only .
(l.-r.) Carmella (holding Connie), Fredo, Sonny, Vito (holding Michael) *This picture doesn’t make much sense! Supposedly Connie was born in …
The early life and career of Vito Corleone in 1920s New York City is portrayed, while his son, Michael, expands and tightens his grip on the family crime syndicate.
Along the road that connects Corleone with Ficuzza, following the old railway line connecting Palermo to San Carlo (a hamlet of Chiusa Sclafani) (now the bike path), is an old bridge where the Frattina River streams between the limestone rocks.
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Don Corleone: [to Sollozzo] I must say no to you, and I’ll give you my reasons. It’s true, I have a lot of friends in politics, but they wouldn’t be friendly very long if they knew my business was drugs instead of gambling, which they regard as a – a harmless vice.
