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
Edward G. Robinson Jr. Edward G. Robinson Jr. Edward G. "Manny" Robinson Jr. (March 19, 1933 – February 26, 1974) was an American actor. He was the son of the famous actor Edward G. Robinson and his wife Gladys Lloyd. Robinson was known for his turbulent lifestyle and was a regular subject of the tabloid press. In 1952, at age 19, Robinson eloped to Tijuana with the first of his three wives. His furious father later threw him out of the house. During his three marriages, he fathered two children. Robinson performed in "Invasion USA" (1952) and "Tank Battalion" (1958). In 1958, Robinson published