Monsieur Verdoux [videorecording] : a comedy of murders / Chaplin Studios, Inc. ; an original story written by Charles Chaplin ; directed by Charles Chaplin.
Format:
[videorecording] :
Edition:
Blu-ray special ed.
Publisher:
Criterion Collection,
Copyright Date:
2013
Description:
1 Blu-ray videodisc (124 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (35 p. : ill. ; 16 cm.)
Charlie Chaplin, Martha Raye, Mady Correll, Allison Roddan, Robert Lewis, Audrey Betz, Ada-May, Isobel Elsom, Marjorie Bennett, Helene Heigh, Margaret Hoffman, Marilyn Nash, Irving Bacon, Edwin Mills, Virginia Brissac, Almira Sessions, Eula Morgan, Bernard J. Nedell, Charles Evans, William Frawley. Originally released as a motion picture in 1947. Based on an idea from Orson Welles. Under license from Janus Films and MK2 Productions. Special features: Chaplin today: "Monsieur Verdoux" a 2003 program; Charlie Chaplin and the American Press; new video essay featuring an audio interview with actress Marilyn Nash; radio advertisements and trailers; booklet.
Summary:
Chaplin is a twentieth-century Bluebeard, an enigmatic family man who goes to extreme lengths to support his wife and child, attempting to bump off a series of wealthy widows.
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