Monsieur Verdoux

Beverly Hills, CA: United Artists, 1947. Vintage reference photograph from the 1947 film, showing Charlie Chaplin standing on the sidewalk outside a cafe in Paris. Annotation in manuscript pencil on the verso, noting the film title.

A black comedy featuring a rare villainous turn by Chaplin, as the titular Henri Verdoux, a bigamist serial killer loosely based on real-life French killer Henri Désiré Landru. Chaplin was at the time facing accusations of being a Communist, and the film was met with boycotts and picketing by the public and hostility by the press.

10 x 8 inches. Lightly toned, else about Fine.

[Book #171760]