Monsieur Verdoux (1947) | |
| Director(s) | Charlie Chaplin |
| Producer(s) | Charlie Chaplin |
| Top Genres | Comedy, Crime, Drama |
| Top Topics | Marriage, Money |
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Monsieur Verdoux (1947) was a Crime - Drama Film directed by Charlie Chaplin and produced by Charlie Chaplin.
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Chaplin's notorious film about Landru, the Parisian bank clerk who murdered a string of wealthy widows, is a mixture of a straight thriller and black comedy, with an unsettling tone that originally kept away postwar audiences and alienated Chaplin fans. Nevertheless, there is much to recommend this amusing critique of a modern society that values money more than human lives. Big-mouthed comedian Raye has her finest role as the widow who proved Verdoux's ultimate challenge. Ahead of its time when produced, the film has since moved from cult status to classic and is now widely hailed as one of Chaplin's essential works.
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Academy Awards 1947 --- Ceremony Number 20 (source: AMPAS)
| Award | Recipient | Result |
| Best Writing | Charles Chaplin | Nominated |
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Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
By 4 Star Film Fan on Oct 26, 2017 From 4 Star FilmsPrior to the making and release of Monsieur Verdoux Charlie Chaplin had undoubtedly hit the most turbulent patch in his historic career and not even he could come out of scandal and political upheaval unscathed. To put it lightly his stock in the United States plummeted. You would think that he more... Read full article
Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
By 4 Star Film Fan on Oct 26, 2017 From 4 Star FilmsPrior to the making and release of Monsieur Verdoux Charlie Chaplin had undoubtedly hit the most turbulent patch in his historic career and not even he could come out of scandal and political upheaval unscathed. To put it lightly his stock in the United States plummeted. You would think that he more... Read full article
The 1947 Blogathon: Monsieur Verdoux
By Summer Reeves on Jul 13, 2015 From Serendipitous AnachronismsThe 1947 Blogathon: Monsieur Verdoux 13 Monday Jul 2015 Posted by Summer Reeves in 1940s, Blogathon, Comedy, Drama, Farce, Philosophy, Politics ≈ 16 Comments Tags1940s, Bazin, Blogathon, Brecht, Charlie Chaplin, Comedy, Creepy True Story, D... Read full article
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According to Robert Lewis, "It was easy to define the position held by Charlie Chaplin in the making of "Monsieur Verdoux." He was everything - writer, star, director, producer, and casting director, as well as supervisor of all other departments: costumes, scenery, make-up, lighting, shooting schedules, camera set-ups, and the musical score. He also crawled around on the floor with a knife, scraping up bits of old chewing gum stuck to the floor. For good measure he'd entertain the troops between shots with hilarious imitations, such as William Gillette's inanimate playing in "Sherlock Holmes," a Kabuki actor pounding his feet on the floor, and crossing his eyes with pain, or Maurice Schwartz, the Yiddish actor, intoning a speech while twirling an imaginary beard that went clear to the floor."
The film was a colossal box-office flop on its 1947 release, despite being ardently championed by writer-critic James Agee, who considered Charles Chaplin's acting performance the greatest male performance he had ever seen in films.
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