Monsieur Verdoux
Subtitle: a comedy of murders
By: Chaplin Studios, Inc. ; an original story written by Charles Chaplin ; directed by Charles Chaplin
Contributors: Raye, Martha, actor; Correll, Mady, actor; Lewis, Robert, 1909-1997, actor; May, Ada, 1896-1978, actor; Elsom, Isobel, 1893-1981, actor; Bennett, Marjorie, 1894-1982, actor; Bacon, Irving, 1893-1965, actor; Brissac, Virginia, -1979, actor; Sessions, Almira, 1888-1974, actor; Nedell, Bernard, 1898-1972, actor; Frawley, William, 1887-1966, actor; Totheroh, Roland H., 1890-1967, director of photography; Beckman, John, 1898-1989, art director; Nico, Willard, film editor; Tetrick, Drew, costume designer; Schrager, Rudy, 1900-1983, musical director; Welles, Orson, 1915-1985, contributor; Vishnevetsky, Ignatiy, essayist; Bazin, André, 1918-1958, essayist; Chaplin Studios, Inc; Janus Films; MK2 Productions; Criterion Collection (Firm)
Edition: DVD special ed.
Series: Criterion collection -- 652; Criterion collection -- 652.
Publisher: Criterion Collection
Published: 2013
Place of publication: [New York]
Language: eng
Format: [videorecording] :
Number of pages: 124
ISBN-13: 9781604657050
Subjects: Drama; Murder; Families; Fortune hunters; Married men; Serial murderers
Work titles: Monsieur Verdoux (Motion picture)
Description: 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.
Notes: Based on an idea by Orson Welles.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1947.

DVD 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 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; region 1; full screen (1.33:1) presentation; PCM mono.

English dialogue with optional English subtitles.