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
Bride of the Gorilla the Sock series "This Movie Sucks!" with commentary making fun of the movie by Ed, Liana Kerzner and Ron Sparks. The film was also the first movie lampooned on MSTing show "Incognito Cinema Warriors XP" in 2008. The film was greatly ridiculed by the characters, who made much light of the overly-dark scenes taking place in the jungle, as well as the promiscuous nature of Barbara Payton's character. The 2015 book "SCRIPTS FROM THE CRYPT: Bride of the Gorilla" goes into detail about the film and it's production. The film was shot in 10 days. Edward G. Robinson Jr. was