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...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...
Love from a Stranger (Eagle-Lion) is another of those innumerable melodramas based on the Bluebeard theme (Chaplin's Monsieur Verdoux turned it into major satire). It is doubtful that anybody will want to boycott this one: it has no moral, no psychological force-and no interest...
...Monsieur Verdoux (American). Charles Chaplin's subtle, furious, complex, highly polished satire, with a brilliant performance by Chaplin himself (TIME...
...Monsieur Verdoux. Chaplin's cold, brilliant tragicomedy about a free-enterprising murderer (TIME...
...Monsieur Verdoux. Chaplin's cold, brilliant tragicomedy about a free-enterprising murderer (TIME...