Edward G. Robinson 125 remembered
Dec 12, 2018 13:36:05 GMT
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Emanuel Goldenberg was born 125 years ago to a Yiddish-speaking Romanian Jewish famil in Bucharest, Romania. He would later become a beloved actor of stage and screen during Hollywood's Golden Age.
After one of his brothers was attacked by an anti-semitic mob, the family decided to immigrate to the United States. Robinson arrived in New York City on February 21, 1904. He grew up on the Lower East Side. Planning to become a criminal attorney, nn interest in acting and performing in front of people led to him winning an American Academy of Dramatic Arts scholarship, after which he changed his name to Edward G. Robinson (the G. standing for his original surname).
He served in the United States Navy during World War I, but was never sent overseas.
He began his acting career in the Yiddish Theater District in 1913 and made his Broadway debut in 1915. He made his film debut in Arms and the Man 1916.
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.
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 made 14 films between 1930 and 1932.
Robinson was established as a film actor. What made him a star was an acclaimed performance as the gangster Caesar Enrico "Rico" Bandello in Little Caesar 1931 at Warner Bros.
Robinson found it hard to get work after his blacklisting and appeared in a couple of low budgeted films.
His career rehabilitation received a boost in 1954, when noted anti-communist director Cecil B. DeMille cast him as the traitorous Dathan in The Ten Commandments.
After a subsequent short absence from the screen, Robinson's film career, augmented by an increasing number of television roles, restarted for good in 1958/59, when he was second-billed after Frank Sinatra in the 1959 release A Hole in the Head.
Examples from his career:
The Hole in the Wall 1929
Outside the Law 1930
Little Caesar 1931, the movie that made him a star and a movie immortal
Five Star Final 1931, with Aline MacMahon
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Tiger Shark 1932
I Loved a Woman 1933, with Kay Francis
Dark Hazard 1934, with Emma Dunn and Genevieve Tobin.
The Whole Town's Talking 1935, playing his own look-alike for comedy.
Barbary Coast 1935, with Miriam Hopkins
Bullets or Ballots 1936, with Humphrey Bogart
Thunder in the City 1937 lobby card
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Kid Galahad 1937, with Bette Davis. It was re-titled The Battling Bellhop for television distribution in order to avoid confusion with the Presley remake.
A Slight Case of Murder 1938
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse 1938 with Claire Trevor and Humphrey Bogart, this trio would meet again ten years later.
Confessions of a Nazi Spy 1939, with Paul Lukas. During the 1930s, Robinson was an outspoken public critic of fascism and Nazism, and donated more than $250,000 to 850 political and charitable groups between 1939 and 1949.
Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet 1940
Brother Orchid 1940
The Sea Wolf 1941, with John Garfield
Manpower 1941, with Marlene Dietrich
Larceny, Inc. 1942, a gangster Santa.
Tales of Manhattan 1942
Double Indemnity 1944 publicity pic, with Fred MacMurray and Barbara Stanwyck.
The Woman in the Window 1944, with Joan Bennett
Our Vines Have Tender Grapes 1945, with Margaret O'Brien
Scarlet Street 1945, with Joan Bennett
The Stranger 1946, with Loretta Yound and Orson Welles, who also directed.
The Red House 1948, with Judith Anderson
Key Largo 1948, with Hunphrey Bogart and Claire Trevor
House of Strangers 1949, with Susan Hayward. Edward won a Best Actor Palme d'Or in Cannes
Black Tuesday 1954
The Violent Men 1955, with Barbara Stanwyck
The Ten Commandments 1956, with Yul Brynner
A Hole in the Head 1959, with Frank Sinatra and Thelma Ritter
Seven Thieves 1960, with Rod Steiger
Sammy Going South aka A Boy Ten Feet Tall 1963
Cheyenne Autumn 1964, with Richard Widmark
The Cincinnati Kid 1965, with Steve McQueen
Never a Dull Moment 1968, with Dorothy Provine and Dick van Dyke. The old "gangster" even appeared in a Disney movies near the end.
The Old Man Who Cried Wolf 1970 TV-movie, as the old man nobody belived had seen a murder.
Soylent Green 1973, with Charlton Heston. With a memorable ending of a memorable career.
Robinson left us at Mount Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles in bladder cancer in late January 1973.
Robinson was never nominated for an Academy Award, but in 1973 he was awarded an honorary Oscar in recognition that he had "achieved greatness as a player, a patron of the arts and a dedicated citizen ... in sum, a Renaissance man". He had been notified of the honor, but died two months before the award ceremony, so the award was accepted by his widow, Jane Robinson.
Since 1960 Edward G. Robinson has a Sar on Hollywood Walk of Fame.
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After one of his brothers was attacked by an anti-semitic mob, the family decided to immigrate to the United States. Robinson arrived in New York City on February 21, 1904. He grew up on the Lower East Side. Planning to become a criminal attorney, nn interest in acting and performing in front of people led to him winning an American Academy of Dramatic Arts scholarship, after which he changed his name to Edward G. Robinson (the G. standing for his original surname).
He served in the United States Navy during World War I, but was never sent overseas.
He began his acting career in the Yiddish Theater District in 1913 and made his Broadway debut in 1915. He made his film debut in Arms and the Man 1916.
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.
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 made 14 films between 1930 and 1932.
Robinson was established as a film actor. What made him a star was an acclaimed performance as the gangster Caesar Enrico "Rico" Bandello in Little Caesar 1931 at Warner Bros.
Robinson found it hard to get work after his blacklisting and appeared in a couple of low budgeted films.
His career rehabilitation received a boost in 1954, when noted anti-communist director Cecil B. DeMille cast him as the traitorous Dathan in The Ten Commandments.
After a subsequent short absence from the screen, Robinson's film career, augmented by an increasing number of television roles, restarted for good in 1958/59, when he was second-billed after Frank Sinatra in the 1959 release A Hole in the Head.
Examples from his career:
The Hole in the Wall 1929
Outside the Law 1930
Little Caesar 1931, the movie that made him a star and a movie immortal
Five Star Final 1931, with Aline MacMahon
Tiger Shark 1932
I Loved a Woman 1933, with Kay Francis
Dark Hazard 1934, with Emma Dunn and Genevieve Tobin.
The Whole Town's Talking 1935, playing his own look-alike for comedy.
Barbary Coast 1935, with Miriam Hopkins
Bullets or Ballots 1936, with Humphrey Bogart
Thunder in the City 1937 lobby card
Kid Galahad 1937, with Bette Davis. It was re-titled The Battling Bellhop for television distribution in order to avoid confusion with the Presley remake.
A Slight Case of Murder 1938
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse 1938 with Claire Trevor and Humphrey Bogart, this trio would meet again ten years later.
Confessions of a Nazi Spy 1939, with Paul Lukas. During the 1930s, Robinson was an outspoken public critic of fascism and Nazism, and donated more than $250,000 to 850 political and charitable groups between 1939 and 1949.
Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet 1940
Brother Orchid 1940
The Sea Wolf 1941, with John Garfield
Manpower 1941, with Marlene Dietrich
Larceny, Inc. 1942, a gangster Santa.
Tales of Manhattan 1942
Double Indemnity 1944 publicity pic, with Fred MacMurray and Barbara Stanwyck.
The Woman in the Window 1944, with Joan Bennett
Our Vines Have Tender Grapes 1945, with Margaret O'Brien
Scarlet Street 1945, with Joan Bennett
The Stranger 1946, with Loretta Yound and Orson Welles, who also directed.
The Red House 1948, with Judith Anderson
Key Largo 1948, with Hunphrey Bogart and Claire Trevor
House of Strangers 1949, with Susan Hayward. Edward won a Best Actor Palme d'Or in Cannes
Black Tuesday 1954
The Violent Men 1955, with Barbara Stanwyck
The Ten Commandments 1956, with Yul Brynner
A Hole in the Head 1959, with Frank Sinatra and Thelma Ritter
Seven Thieves 1960, with Rod Steiger
Sammy Going South aka A Boy Ten Feet Tall 1963
Cheyenne Autumn 1964, with Richard Widmark
The Cincinnati Kid 1965, with Steve McQueen
Never a Dull Moment 1968, with Dorothy Provine and Dick van Dyke. The old "gangster" even appeared in a Disney movies near the end.
The Old Man Who Cried Wolf 1970 TV-movie, as the old man nobody belived had seen a murder.
Soylent Green 1973, with Charlton Heston. With a memorable ending of a memorable career.
Robinson left us at Mount Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles in bladder cancer in late January 1973.
Robinson was never nominated for an Academy Award, but in 1973 he was awarded an honorary Oscar in recognition that he had "achieved greatness as a player, a patron of the arts and a dedicated citizen ... in sum, a Renaissance man". He had been notified of the honor, but died two months before the award ceremony, so the award was accepted by his widow, Jane Robinson.
Since 1960 Edward G. Robinson has a Sar on Hollywood Walk of Fame.
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Thoughts, opinions and/or lists are as always welcome!
