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
The Seven Works of Mercy (Caravaggio) the grace of God. When Samson was in danger of dying of thirst, God gave him water to drink from the jawbone of an ass. It is difficult to square this miracle with an allegory of the Seven Acts of Mercy since it was not in fact the work of human charity. Regarding the sharp contrasts of the painting’s chiaroscuro, the German art historian Ralf van Bühren explains the bright light as a metaphor for mercy, which "helps the audience to explore mercy in their own lives".. Current scholarship has also established the connection between the iconography of "The Seven