Talk:Baby Face Nelson

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Redirects: George Nelson, Lester M. Gillis, Lester Gillis, Joseph Lester Gillis

Added redirect, as another article links to Joseph Lester Gillis. --TheSock 21:03, 13 January 2007 (UTC)

Contents 1 Manic depression? 2 This never happened ? 3 Number of Agents Killed? 4 O Brother, Where Art Thou? 5 Battle of Barrington Revised

[edit] Manic depression?

Is it true that he suffered from manic depression as portrayed in the Coen Bros. film?

Don't take his portrayal in O Brother, Where Art Thou too literally. The Coen brothers' films are usually (especially in this case) allegorical comedies and not meant to be taken too straight. Martyn Smith 18:30, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] This never happened ?

At the end of the first section (paragraph) it says "this never happened." What exactly never happened: he never outdid Dillinger, he never robbed one bank a day for a month to do so, or both ? Eno-Etile 03:49, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Number of Agents Killed?

So, just how many FBI agents did Nelson end up killing? The article mentions only 2 agents, but claims he killed a record number. In fact, going by this article, Nelson killed only 3 people in his entire career. Can someone put up more information that's less sympathetic to him? CFLeon 07:45, 22 August 2007 (UTC)

I removed the statement, as I seriously doubt that he killed more federal agents than the 125 killed by the hijackers of American Airlines Flight 77. Nyttend (talk) 12:27, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] O Brother, Where Art Thou?

According to the Dramatis Personae of the film it seems the Coen brothers cast the character as Baby Face Nelson himself; while not being historically accurate to the real criminal's life, it was not simply a different George Nelson who robbed banks and despised being confused with the Baby Face Nelson. Am I mistaken? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.70.179.25 (talk) 06:30, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Battle of Barrington Revised

There were several facts that were wrong in the article and several missing facts I felt were important and should have been included. These changes have been made, and I've also changed some of the writing styles in the article (more of a narrative style, now). VonV (talk) 06:09, 20 April 2008 (UTC)