Edward G. Robinson-You Belong To The City

This Is A Tribute To Edward G. Robinson In 1903 Edward G. Robinson Arrived In The United States At Age Ten & His Family Moved Into New York's Lower East Side He Took Up Acting While Attending City College Abandoning Plans To Become A Rabbi Or Lawyer & The American Academy Of Dramatic Arts Awarded Him A Scholarship & He Began Work In Stock With His New Name & In 1913 Broadway Was Two Years Later He Worked Steadily There For 15 Years His Work Included The Kibitzer A Comedy He Co-Wrote With Jo Swerling His Film Debut Was A Small Supporting Part In The Silent Film The Bright Shawl (1923) But It Was With The Coming Of Sound That He Hit His Stride His Stellar Performance As Snarling, Murderous Thug Rico Bandello In Little Caesar (1931) All The More Impressive Since In Real Life Robinson Was A Sophisticated Cultured Man With A Passion For A Fine Art Set The Standard For Movie Gangsters Both For Himself In Many Later Films & For The Industry & He Was In The Sea Wolf (1941) & He Portrayed The Tittle Character In Several Biographical Works Such As Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet (1940) & A Dispatch From Reuter's (1940) Psychological Dramas Included Flesh And Fantasy (1943) , Double Indemnity (1944), The Woman In The Window (1944) & Scarlet Street (1945) Another Notable Gangster Role Was In Key Largo (1948) He Was Absolved Of Allegations Of Communist Affiliation After Testifying As A Friendly Witness For The House Uh-American Activities Committee During The Mccarthy Hysteria Of The Early ...