The guy’s name was PENTANGELI! Pent=five Angeli=angels. Tom Haydn even calls him Frankie Five Angels at the prison in their final meeting.
As for I and II, I think the best treatment of them is what some premier stations have done and that is to splice the two together as one complete story. It moves perfectly and the only scene that is a bit odd is the final scene with the family waiting for Poppa’s birthday.
You’ve gotta admit, that is one of the best movies ever on true human interactions and the way things really work and it made a whole boatload of people into major stars.
And, Brando in “On the Waterfront” is fantastic. That is another one of his greats along with the spoof of the Godfather with Matthew Broderick called “The Freshman.” Even has Bert Parks singing in it!
Splicing the films together was a terrible idea. The flashbacks in the second film form a counterpoint to the contemporary scenes and the two comment on each other. Splicing them chronologically renders the whole thing into a TV miniseries style soap.
Yep. Take this as a lesson, kids. No posting after several glasses of wine on a relaxing Saturday evening. :-)