Talk:Monsieur Verdoux
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| Award | Result | Winner |
|---|---|---|
| Best Writing, Original Screenplay | Nominated | Charlie Chaplin Winner was The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer - Sidney Sheldon |
| Award | Nominee |
|---|---|
| Best Motion Picture | Charlie Chaplin |
| Best Director | Charlie Chaplin |
| Best Actor | Charlie Chaplin |
| Best Actress | Mady Correll |
| Best Supporting Actor | [[]] |
| Best Supporting Actress | [[]] |
| Best Art Direction - Set Decoration (Black-and-White) | John Beckman |
| Best Cinematography (Black-and-White) | Roland Totheroh |
| Best Film Editing | Willard Nico |
| Best Music (Score in a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) | Charlie Chaplin and Rudy Schrager |
| Best Sound Recording | James T. Corrington |
| Best Special Effects | [[]] |
Odd statement
editThe following quote from the entry seems a little odd to me: "The film and its dark themes were ill-suited to the American political and cultural climate of the time (less than two years after World War II ended)" I can understand, perhaps, that the movie was poorly received in the United States for various cultural or political reasons. But to parenthetically cite World War II as a reason for that climate makes no sense since the movie was popular in Europe, as indicated by the entry. Didn't Europe also suffer through World War II?74.138.45.132 (talk) 22:47, 23 August 2013 (UTC)
- Nah, they just sat around while John Wayne and Randolph Scott did all the heavy lifting. EEng (talk) 07:21, 24 August 2013 (UTC)
Fred Karno Jr.
editSon of the English music impressario Fred Karno, for whom Chaplin worked in his earlier years, is employed in the wedding reception scene as "Mr. Karno". 31.50.16.111 (talk) 04:12, 13 January 2017 (UTC)
Cited source does not reference Welles' opinion as stated
editThe sentence 'Welles believed that a version directed by him would have been better, as he considered Chaplin a "genius" as an actor, but merely competent as a director.' is unsupported by the cited text, and no opinion of the sort appears elsewhere as far as I have seen. The source refers to Welles' chagrin at having his script overwritten and his directional request overruled, but there is absolutely no implication that he considers Chaplin 'merely competent'. While he does trumpet Chaplin's acting elsewhere, the term 'genius' is not used. I will remove the offending sentence from the article. 46.237.173.210 (talk) 13:41, 4 June 2020 (UTC)xe
Reception section
editHi All,
I feel that this sentence in the Reception section is unclear & could be worded better, "The film was popular in France, where it had admissions of 2,605,679.[13]" The exact number is not necessary, it could be worded, 'The film was popular in France where it had an initial box office draw of over 2 million.' Or the same sentence with 'nearly 3 million.' instead. Obviously these statements should be checked with the referenced source. However, the link for Reference #13 points to 1963 films & this is a 1947 film. Thanks. SaturnCat (talk) 07:16, 3 January 2022 (UTC)