Edward G. Robinson Articles

Edward G. Robinson in Mervyn LeRoy’s Little Caesar Turner Classic Movies‘ Moguls & Movie Stars, A History of Hollywood continues this evening with "Brother, Can You Spare a Dream?" which takes us to the beginning of the talkie era and the Great Depression. That was the time when most studios faced bankruptcy; directors, screenwriters, and actors formed unions; the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and [...]

Lauren Bacall, Humphrey Bogart in Howard Hawks‘ The Big Sleep Lauren Bacall, hardly a top box-office attraction in the 1940s or 1950s, but a major "Old Hollywood" star today, will have her Turner Classic Movies "Summer Under the Stars" day on Wed., Aug. 25. [Lauren Bacall schedule.] Bacall is so prestigious nowadays that she even won an Honorary Oscar last year, a distinction hardly ever [...]

Double Indemnity (1944), Billy Wilder’s quintessential film noir starring Barbara Stanwyck, Fred MacMurray (right), and Edward G. Robinson, will be screened as the next feature in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ series “Oscar Noir: 1940s Writing Nominees from Hollywood’s Dark Side” on Monday, June 7, at 7:30 p.m. at the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills. Double Indemnity will be introduced [...]

A LADY TO LOVE (1930) Direction: Victor Sjöström (aka Victor Seastrom) Cast: Vilma Banky, Edward G. Robinson, Robert Ames, Richard Carle, Lloyd Ingraham, Anderson Lawler Screenplay: Sidney Howard; based on his play They Knew What They Wanted Edward G. Robinson, Robert Ames, Vilma Banky, A Lady to Love Edward G. Robinson was only 37 years old when he gave this hammy, scene-stealing, over-the-top performance as [...]