Little Caesar (film) released, author Burnett apparently drew the same conclusion about the screen version of the character. Having written Rico as explicitly heterosexual in his novel, Burnett wrote a letter of complaint to the film's producers about the conversion of the character to gay in the screen adaptation. According to Warner Bros records the film earned $647,000 domestically and $105,000 foreign. Little Caesar (film) Little Caesar is a 1931 American pre-Code crime film distributed by Warner Brothers, directed by Mervyn LeRoy, and starring Edward G. Robinson, Glenda Farrell, and Douglas Fairbanks Jr. The film tells the story of a hoodlum who ascends
At the Mercy of Men Maude Meagher of "The San Francisco Chronicle" felt that the film was "gorgeous enough." A critic of the "Rapid City Journal" described the film as a "timely photodrama... in these days of topsy-turvy adjustment, political and social." The "Austin American-Statesman" noted that director Miller "has a keen eye for strong dramatic effects," also praising the cinematography and performance by Brady. At the Mercy of Men At the Mercy of Men is a 1918 American silent drama film directed by Charles Miller and starring Alice Brady. Its plot follows a young woman during the Russian Revolution who seeks to find the