Summary SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT Vito Corleone was already a rich and powerful crime lord when audiences first met him in The Godfather, but the prequel segments of The Godfather Part II filled in his complex backstory. After first appearing in Mario Puzo’s 1969 novel The Godfather, Vito was introduced to movie audiences in Francis Ford Coppola’s film adaptation in 1972.
1891: Vito Corleone Was Born "Vito Andolini" In Corleone, Sicily The movie gives a different date of birth than the book Vito’s story began in Corleone, Sicily, in 1891, where he was born Vito Andolini. In the novel, Vito’s date of birth is mentioned to be April 29, 1887, which is the date seen on his tombstone in the first movie. However, the second movie retconned Vito’s birthdate to be December 7, 1891.
1920: Vito Begins A Life Of Crime & Kills Don Fanucci Vito takes over the neighborhood In 1920, Vito began his life of crime when small-time criminals Peter Clemenza and Salvatore Tessio taught him how to fence stolen clothes and do favors in exchange for loyalty. Fanucci learned about Vito’s operations and threatened to report them to the police if they didn’t give him a cut of their profits. So, Vito schemed to kill Fanucci.
Early 1930s: The Corleone Crime Family Is Born The Corleones become notorious By the early 1930s, Vito had established the Corleone crime family as one of the most powerful crime families in the United States. Genco was his consigliere and Clemenza and Tessio were his caporegimes. Vito unofficially adopted his oldest son Sonny’s friend Tom Hagen, who would eventually become his trusted lawyer. Sonny grew up to become Vito’s capo, heir apparent, and de facto underboss.
Sollozzo didn’t take the news too well and sent hitmen to assassinate Vito at a fruit stand. Vito survived the assassination attempt and was taken to hospital, where Sollozzo made a second attempt on his life. Mark McCluskey, a crooked police captain on Sollozzo’s payroll, removed Vito’s bodyguards, leaving his hospital room unguarded. Luckily, Michael arrived just in time to move his father to another room and evade the assassins. There, the family’s last holdout pledged his loyalty to Vito.
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