Editing Edward G. Robinson (section)

===''Little Caesar''===
At this point, Robinson was becoming an established film actor. What began his rise to stardom was an acclaimed performance as the gangster Caesar Enrico "Rico" Bandello in ''[[Little Caesar (film)|Little Caesar]]'' (1931) at [[Warner Bros]].

Robinson signed a long-term contract with Warner Bros., casting him in another gangster film, ''[[Smart Money (1931 film)|Smart Money]]'' (1931), his only movie with [[James Cagney]]. He was reunited with [[Mervyn LeRoy]], director of ''Little Caesar'', in ''[[Five Star Final]]'' (1931), playing a journalist, and played a Tong gangster in ''[[The Hatchet Man]]'' (1932).

Robinson made a third film with LeRoy, ''[[Two Seconds]]'' (1932) then did a melodrama directed by [[Howard Hawks]], ''[[Tiger Shark (film)|Tiger Shark]]'' (1932).

Warner Bros. tried him in a biopic, ''[[Silver Dollar (film)|Silver Dollar]]'' (1932), where Robinson played [[Horace Tabor]]; a comedy, ''[[The Little Giant (1933 film)|The Little Giant]]'' (1933); and a romance, ''[[I Loved a Woman]]'' (1933).

Robinson was then in ''[[Dark Hazard]]'' (1934) and ''[[The Man with Two Faces (1934 film)|The Man with Two Faces]]'' (1934).

He went to Columbia for ''[[The Whole Town's Talking]]'' (1935), a comedy directed by John Ford. [[Sam Goldwyn]] borrowed him for ''[[Barbary Coast (film)|Barbary Coast]]'' (1935), again directed by Hawks.

Back at Warner Bros., he did ''[[Bullets or Ballots]]'' (1936) then he went to Britain for ''[[Thunder in the City]]'' (1937). He made ''[[Kid Galahad (1937 film)|Kid Galahad]]'' (1937) with [[Bette Davis]] and [[Humphrey Bogart]]. MGM borrowed him for ''[[The Last Gangster]]'' (1937), then he did a comedy ''[[A Slight Case of Murder]]'' (1938). Again with Bogart in a supporting role, he was in ''[[The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse]]'' (1938) and then he was borrowed by Columbia for ''[[I Am the Law (1938 film)|I Am the Law]]'' (1938).