Monsieur Verdoux a comedy of murders
(2013, original release: 1947)

Fiction

DVD

Series:
Call Numbers:
DVD/COMEDY/MONSIEUR

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Locations Call Number Status
Movies DVD/COMEDY/MONSIEUR Available

Details

PUBLISHED
[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2013]
EDITION
DVD special edition
DESCRIPTION

1 videodisc (124 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in

ISBN/ISSN
9781604657050 CC2241D, 1604657057, 9786314986704, 6314986702 :, 715515103916
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES

Based on an idea by Orson Welles

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

Originally released as a motion picture in 1947

Special features: Chaplin today: "Monsieur Verdoux" (a 2003 program); Charlie Chaplin and the American Press; New video essay featuring and audio interview with actress Marilyn Nash; Radio advertisements and trailers; Booklet features an essay by critic Ignatiy Vishnevetsky and reprinted pieces by Chaplin and critic André Bazin

Director of photography, Roland Totheroh ; art director, John Beckman ; film editor, Willard Nico ; wardrobe, Drew Tetrick ; music composed by Charles Chaplin ; arranged and directed by Rudolph Schrager

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

Rating: Not rated

DVD, NTSC, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; PCM mono

English dialogue with optional English subtitles

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