tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8955864147442988746.post7923732320061381332..comments2024-03-28T03:28:59.634-07:00Comments on The Ace Black Movie Blog: Movie Review: Little Caesar (1931)aceblackblog.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08404695143187261837noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8955864147442988746.post-69860187490591204122023-09-05T05:43:22.525-07:002023-09-05T05:43:22.525-07:00Thanks for the comment and good points! Maybe this...Thanks for the comment and good points! Maybe this was a case of Robinson dominating the screen, but agreed that this should not detract from the performances of others.aceblackblog.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08404695143187261837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8955864147442988746.post-64579827155304479702023-09-04T19:58:52.326-07:002023-09-04T19:58:52.326-07:00(Continued from above) accomplishes this movingly....(Continued from above) accomplishes this movingly. Olga says, "I want you, Joe." Rico says, "I need you, Joe." Joe himself struggles between the two, telling Olga that he needs someone like her, "awful bad, but is loyal enough to his friendship with Rico so that desperately tries to warn him of an impending hit job from a rival gang Finally he asks Rico to just leave him alone. When Rico is on a call to the current mob boss, Joe flees to Olga but Rico and his sleazy sidekick worshipper, Otero go after him. Bravely and even - shocking but well done - Joe shoves Olga aside and basically tells Rico to just kill him. After looking at those eyes - and we get a closeup - he cannot do it. "That's what I get for liking a guy too much..<br /><br />(Continued from above) accomplishes this movinglyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8955864147442988746.post-4725701306152711172023-09-04T19:31:37.918-07:002023-09-04T19:31:37.918-07:00What do you have against Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.? ...What do you have against Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.? You called him "fluffy" and "functional" in your review of The Life of Jimmy Dolan? Now you're labeling him "comparatively bland." The novel writes Massara's character quite differently as a vain scumbag. Yes, Glenda Farrell's Olga is a powerful character. No argument. Poor Joe Massara never did have strength of character (as rewritten for the movies) and Fairbanks Jr. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com