 The 1912 American Mutoscope & Biograph Company groundbreaking  gangster film short _Musketeers of Pig Alley, The (1912)_ (qv)  influenced director Martin Scorsese (qv) in the making of his own  gangster films _Goodfellas (1990)_ (qv) and  _Gangs of New York (2002)_ (qv). The film was picked by Scorcese for  his 2005 tribute at  _Beaubourg, centre dart et de culture Georges Pompidou (1977)_ (qv)  in Paris, France, as one of his favorite films. Biograph is the  oldest movie company in America and in existence today.