^*Hughes was especially possessive about Scarface all his life, and refused to sell rights to the story or to allow other exhibitors to show the 1932 classic. In 1974, Hughes even turned down a $2-million offer from one producer who wanted to buy world rights to the movie, and Scarface remained locked up in a basement vault at 7000 Romaine Street in Hollywood, where it had languished more than forty years.