In memory of my dad on his birthday, the tough guys he so enjoyed.

Propaganda

Edward G. Robinson (Little Caesar, Double Indemnity, Key Largo)—Smart, kind, talented, humble, and handsome. What’s not to love?

Clark Gable (Gone With the Wind, It Happened One Night)—GWtW is an epic stretching across years so Clark has a chance to show off a whole bunch of different sides, from Hot Outsider to Husband to Father and so on. But his most attractive is his final line of the movie, made only better by the story that he lobbied the Film Industry to ‘Let Rhett Curse!’ And who is more classic 30s Hollywood than this man?

This is round 1 of the bracket. All other polls in this bracket can be found here. Please reblog with further support of your beloved hot sexy vintage man.

[propaganda photos submitted under the cut.]

Marilyn Monroe as the Cheesecake Queen, 1952

Yul Brynner and Anne Baxter as Pharaoh Ramesses II and Nefretari in The Ten Commandments 1956 🐍

Soylent Green (1973). Poster art by John Solie.

Ida Lupino, Edward G. Robinson, and John Garfield in 𝑺𝒆𝒂 𝑾𝒐𝒍𝒇 (1941).

Edward G Robinson as Caesar Enrico "Rico" Bandello 

Little Caesar (1931)

Edward G. Robinson and Barbara Stanwyck on the set of 'Double Indemnity' (1944).

Edward G. Robinson makeup test as Dr. Zaius in Planet of the Apes (1968). Robinson left the film shortly before production, where the final role was played by Maurice Evans.

I’m rewatching Wacky Races for Nostalgia Reasons, @faustiandevil reasons, and because I had an idea of a Boardwalk Empire-style alternate universe where the Wacky Races are mostly moonshiners and mob bosses holding illegal and rigged races with souped up cars à la NASCAR. Dick Dastardly and the Red Max are from Europe and completely unprepared for the US racing scene. I came up with the idea because the Ant Hill Mob has a blatant Edward G Robinson caricature, and the Arkansas Chuggabug look like moonshiners

Starting with the first doodle, from left to right: Pat Pending (mechanic in racing and distilling alcohol), Rufus Buzzcut (moonshiner logger), Peter Perfect (old money spoilt rich kid, the old money comes from his old man's illegal activities), Dick Dastardly (British WW1 ace pilot vet, out of his element), Red Max (Bavarian WW1 ace pilot vet, also out of his element), Lazy Luke (moonshiner) and his pet Blubber Bear (bear), Little Gruesome (originally a cross between a Peter Lorre and a Bela Lugosi parody, now condensed into a Peter Lorre character: prohibition era gangster with a morbid sense of humour), Penelope Pitstop (mob gall from down south), and finally Clyde (originally an Edward G Robinson parody, now also a prohibition era gangster) and Ring-a-Ding (gangster stooge) from the Ant Hill Mob

Gena Rowlands and Edward G. Robinson in the original Broadway production of Paddy Chayefsky's 'Middle of the Night', 1956.

Here are 10 things you should know about Edward G. Robinson, born 130 years ago today. He was a much more versatile actor than he is perhaps given credit for today.

Josef von Sternberg, Marlene Dietrich with Jean Harlow, Joan Blondell, Edward G. Robinson and Dolores del Rio, Los Angeles, 1934

Flesh and Fantasy | Julien Duvivier | 1943

Okay I know this is completely out of context but am I the only one who thinks that old hollywood tough guys served so much cunt?? Like, I get so much gender envy from them from the mere balance of masculine and feminine vibes.

Here’s some examples of what I mean:

(Yes yes, i know Vincent isn’t a tough guy actor, but I couldn’t leave him out 💕)

Mae Clarke's contempt for Edward G. Robinson.