Word: verdoux
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Monsieur Verdoux...
...Winthrop series was made an even more complete success by the unscheduled showing of "Monsieur Verdoux," the new Charlie Chaplin film which has been withdrawn from the American market due to the pressure of certain unofficial censuring groups. This special showing was arranged by Mr. Matthiessen who personally requested the film after seeing it at another private performance at Kenyon College. If it had done nothing more, the Winthrop Series rendered a great service to the College in this instance...
...decided 500 theatrical people polled by Theatre Arts magazine: Eugene O'Neill. The best cinema writer: Robert Sherwood. The top stage performance of the past quarter-century: Helen Hayes in Victoria Regina. Running a hairbreadth second: Laurence Olivier in Oedipus. The best cinema performance: Charles Chaplin in Monsieur Verdoux. Running second again: Olivier in Henry...
...Monsieur Verdoux...
...National Board of Review of Motion Pictures, an organization which rests on a firm foundation of women's clubs, startled everyone by picking Charles Chaplin's controversial Monsieur Verdoux, a bitter satire which had been coldly received by most reviewers. Great Expectations again ran second...