Movie: Chaplin Today: 'Monsieur Verdoux'

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Charlie Chaplin
Charlie Chaplin

Self (archive footage)

Claude Chabrol
Claude Chabrol

Self

Norman Lloyd
Norman Lloyd

Self

Hanns Eisler
Hanns Eisler

Self (archive footage)

Margaret Hoffman
Margaret Hoffman

Self (archive footage)

Marilyn Nash
Marilyn Nash

Self (archive footage)

Martha Raye
Martha Raye

Self (archive footage)

Ronald Reagan
Ronald Reagan

Self (archive footage)

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    A short documentary in the Chaplin Today series about Chaplin's "Monsieur Verdoux." Includes an interview with Claude Chabrol, whose 1963 film "Landru" concerns the same serial killer that inspired Chaplin's film.

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    2003-09-22

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