Monsieur Verdoux a comedy of murders /

Monsieur Verdoux [videorecording] : a comedy of murders / Chaplin Studios ; written, produced, directed and scored by Charles Chaplin ; associate directors, Wheeler Dryden, Robert Florey ; photography, Roland Totheroh ; editor, Willard Nico ; music, Charles Chaplin.

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In this dark comedy first released during WWII, Henri Verdoux, played by Charlie Chaplin, supports his family by first marrying, and then killing wealthy widows. On another level the film is an indictment of war in which mass murder is legalized, celebrated and paraded. "Killing is the enterpri...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Welles, Orson, 1915-1985 (Creator)
Corporate Authors: Chaplin Studios, Inc, CBS Fox Video, Image Entertainment (Firm)
Other Authors: Chaplin, Charlie, 1889-1977 (Screenwriter, Director, Producer, Actor, Composer), Raye, Martha (Actor), Correll, Mady (Actor), Roddan, Allison (Actor), Lewis, R. (Robert), 1940- (Actor), Shepard, David (Writer of accompanying material)
Other title:Monsieur Verdoux (Motion picture)
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Published: Chatsworth, California : Image Entertainment [Distributor], 2000.
Subjects:
Fortune hunters > Drama.
Serial murderers > Drama.
Man-woman relationships > Drama.
Swindlers and swindling > Drama.
Feature films.
Dark comedy films.
Romance films.
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Summary:In this dark comedy first released during WWII, Henri Verdoux, played by Charlie Chaplin, supports his family by first marrying, and then killing wealthy widows. On another level the film is an indictment of war in which mass murder is legalized, celebrated and paraded. "Killing is the enterprise by which your system prospers," Verdoux says. "As a mass killer, I am an amateur by comparison."
Item Description:Selection, transfer and annotation of original film elements and special supplementary materials by David H. Shepard.
Special features: Includes original segments of the scripts prior to changes made to conform to the "Breen Office," sketches of sets, production photographs and production records from the Chaplin archives, publicity materials.
Based on an idea by Orson Welles.
Videodisc release of the 1947 motion picture.
Physical Description:1 DVD (124 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD ; NTSC, region 1 ; Dolby Digital mono.
Production Credits:Written, produced, directed and scored by Charles Chaplin ; associate directors, Wheeler Dryden, Robert Florey ; photography, Roland Totheroh ; editor, Willard Nico ; music, Charles Chaplin.

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