| Description |
1 DVD (119 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Physical Medium |
monochrome |
| Description |
digital |
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optical |
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NTSC |
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video file |
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region 1 |
| Series |
Chaplin collection ; v. 2
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Chaplin collection ; v. 2.
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| System Details |
DVD; NTSC (Region 1). |
| Cast |
Charles Chaplin, Martha Raye, Mody Correll, Allison Roddan, Robert Lewis. |
| Credits |
Written, produced, directed and scored by Charles Chaplin ; assoc. directors, Wheeler Dryden, Robert Florey, photography, Roland Totheroh ; editor, Willard Nico ; music, Charles Chaplin. |
| Note |
Originally released as a motion picture in 1947. |
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Based on an idea by Orson Welles. |
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"A Charles Chaplin - United Artists production." |
| Audience |
Not rated. |
| Summary |
In this dark comedy first released during WWII, Henri Vedoux, 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." |
| Note |
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. |
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Digitally remastered. Selection, transfer and annotation of original film elements and special supplementary materials by David H. Shepard. |
| Language |
English and French with optional English, French, Spanish, Protuguese, Chinese, Thai, and Korean subtitles. |
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Closed captioned. |
| Subject |
Fortune hunters.
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Fortune hunters. |
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Murder -- Drama.
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Murder. |
| Genre/Form |
Drama.
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| Subject |
Man-woman relationships -- Drama.
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Man-woman relationships. |
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Swindlers and swindling -- Drama.
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Swindlers and swindling. |
| Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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Feature films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Video recordings.
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Video recordings.
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Drama.
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| Added Author |
Chaplin, Charlie, 1889-1977.
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Raye, Martha.
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Welles, Orson, 1915-1985.
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United Artists Corporation.
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Warner Home Video (Firm)
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Charles Chaplin Film Corporation.
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Roy Export Establishment.
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MK2 Productions.
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Titra Video.
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| ISBN |
0790771691 |
| Standard No. |
085393765224 |
| Music No. |
37652 Warner Home Video |
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