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Edward G. Robinson: Dramatic Arts
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From 1929 to 1966 Robinson appeared in more than 100 films. His name, until recent years, usually meant good box office. in all, his films grossed well over $50–million, and this figure is a modest estimate. His own earnings were high and he lived appropriately. Robinson was the first Hollywood star to entertain in France after the invasion of Normandy. He sold war bonds and it was said he turned his regular weekly radio dramatic show Big Town into a soap box in favor of the American way.
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Robinson worked with some of the best directors in Hollywood—Browning, LeRoy, Wellman, Ford, Hawks, Farrow, Curtiz, Huston—but the archetypical Robinson roles are contained in Fritz Lang's Scarlet Street and The Woman in the Window. In the former, he is an easily manipulated artist driven to madness and murder by his wife's infidelity. In the latter, he portrays a cultured and intelligent professor who becomes embroiled in the seamier side of life by his obsession with the beautiful subject of a portrait. In both films, Lang's themes seem tailor-made to display the disparate facets of Robinson's personality: paranoia, impending insanity, and violence versus taste, trust, and an innate, if fragile, amiability.
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Edward G Robinson movies DVDs filmography available to buy at CDUniverse are listed below. Information on films includes: other actor and actress, star cast and crew information, reviews, director, photo of cover art, product pics and more.
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Robinson died on January 26, 1973, at the age of 79, from cancer. Two months after his death, Robinson was awarded an honorary “Lifetime Achievement” Oscar for his life’s dedication to the furthering of arts.
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A cultured and urbane man, Robinson built up a significant art collection, especially of abstract modern art. In 1956, he sold it to Greek shipping tycoon Stavros Niarchos in order to raise cash needed for his divorce settlement with Gladys Robinson and because his financial fortunes had been seriously damaged as a result of being being under-employed during much of the 1950's due to Hollywood's communist witch hunt. That same year he returned to Broadway in Middle of the Night.
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