Little Caesar (film) portrayals that stretched up to 1968's "Never a Dull Moment". Robinson occasionally parodied his "Little Caesar" gangster persona, as in the 1933 film "The Little Giant." The box office triumph of "Little Caesar" also spawned the production of several successful gangster films, many of which were also made by Warner Brothers. This is an example of Hollywood self-censorship during the pre-Code era: in the novel the line reads "Mother of God, is this the end of Rico?", and a take was filmed with Robinson saying it verbatim. However, the studio worried that some state and local censors would insist that
Edward G. Robinson the Man" (1916). In 1923 made his named debut as "E. G. Robinson" in the silent film, "The Bright Shawl". He played a snarling gangster in the 1927 Broadway police/crime drama "The Racket", which led to his being cast in similar film roles, beginning with "The Hole in the Wall" (1929) with Claudette Colbert for Paramount. Paramount then cast him in a comedy, "The Kibitzer" (1930). One of many actors who saw his career flourish in the new sound film era rather than falter, he made only three films prior to 1930, but left his stage career that year and