Armitage Trail

Armitage Trail (1902-1930) was an American crime writer best known for his 1929 novel Scarface, depicting the rise of gangster Al Capone, which was adapted into the 1932 film Scarface directed by Howard Hawks. Born as Maurice Coons he began writing at the age of sixteen, and wrote a number of detective stories for magazines. He was paid $25,000 for the rights for Scarface and helped adapt it for the screen.^[1] He also wrote the book on which the 1932 film The Thirteenth Guest was based. He died suddenly, of a heart attack, at the Paramount Theatre.

References

1. ^ Server p.259

Bibliography

• Server, Lee. Encyclopedia of pulp fiction writers. New York, 2002.

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Name	Trail, Armitage
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Short description	Crime writer
Date of birth	1908
Place of birth
Date of death	1930
Place of death