Ralph Capone Ralph Capone Ralph "Bottles" Capone, Sr., (January 12, 1894 – November 22, 1974) was a Chicago mobster and an older brother of Al Capone and Frank Capone. Ralph Capone got the nickname "Bottles" not from involvement in the Capone bootlegging empire, but from his running the legitimate non-alcoholic beverage and bottling operations in Chicago. Further family lore suggests that the nickname was specifically tied to his lobbying the Illinois Legislature to put into law that milk bottling companies had to stamp the date that the milk was bottled on the bottle. He was most famous for being named by the
Al Capone (film) role." "Variety" called it "a tough, ruthless and generally unsentimental account" and "also a very well-made picture." The film won a Laurel Award as 1959's "Sleeper of the Year". Its box office performance was described as "phenomenal" and led to Allied making a number of biopic gangster films including "The Big Bankroll" and "The George Raft Story". Al Capone's sister sued the filmmakers for $10 million not securing permission to make the film, citing invasion of privacy. A judge ruled in the filmmakers' favor. Capone's sister, widow and son later sued Delisu and other makers of "The Untouchables" for six