Detail View: Movie Posters: Little Caesar
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Little Caesar.jpg
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Movie Title:
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Little Caesar
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Movie Genre:
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Crime
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Decade:
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Decade 1930
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Year:
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1931
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Studio-Distributor:
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Warner Brothers - First National
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IMDb Link:
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http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0021079
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Stars:
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Edward G. Robinson, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Glenda Farrell
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Director:
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Mervyn LeRoy
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Caption:
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Little Caesar (Warner Brothers - First National, 1931). One Sheet (27 X 41) Style B. , In the 1930s, each studio had their specialty. Universal was known for their Gothic horror films, Paramount for their elegant and artistic European-styled pictures, while MGM was particularly noted for their lavish musicals. Warner Brothers found their niche with the social problem film, pictures about crime and criminals ripped from the headlines of the day. Largely lacking the sophistication of Paramount and the respectability of MGM, Warners focused on films about the working class, and the problems of a nation held in the grip of a crippling depression. Quite naturally, then, Warner Brothers turned to the larger-than-life crime figures who had made a name for themselves during the Prohibition Era - figures like John Dillinger, Al Capone, Baby Face Nelson, and Pretty Boy Floyd - and used their stories as jumping off points for a cycle of films that celebrated the outlaw as a new type of tragic hero. It was a formula for instant success. Based on the novel of the same name by W.R. Burnett, Little Caesar, the first of Warner Brothers gangster pictures, is the story of Caesar Enrico Bandello (Edward G. Robinson) who experiences a meteoric rise from two-bit hood to mob boss, followed by an epic fall as he is gunned down in the gutter by the forces of law and order. Originally, Robinson was wanted for the role of Otero, Bandellos right hand man, as the studio favored Clark Gable for the lead role. After a disappointing screen test by Gable, however, director Mervyn LeRoy gave the plum role to Robinson, a role based on the life and crimes of gangster Al Capone (according to some sources, rumors at the time that Capone had a spy on the set to keep track of the proceedings were absolutely true). Unlike James Cagney - whose star-making role in The Public Enemy, released later in 1931, helped solidify Warners dominance in the social problem arena - Robinson was not a tough guy in
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4
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DateCreated:
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2015-07-25
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RecordVersion:
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4
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Keywords:
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1930s
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TimeCreated:
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17:09:42-05:00
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Byline:
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Picasa
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768 x 1024
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Filesize:
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243983 Bytes
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Thumbnail:
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image/jpeg, 8610 Bytes
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Filename:
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Little Caesar.jpg
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image/jpeg
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Imagetimestamp:
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2015:07:25 17:09:42
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Imagesize:
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768 x 1024
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