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Auction History Result 6b0040 MONSIEUR VERDOUX paper banner 1947 a new Charles Chaplin, modern French Bluebeard, ultra rare! Date Sold 3/12/2024 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Unfolded Movie Paper Banner (measures 4 3/4" x 28" [12 x 71 cm]) (Learn More) Monsieur Verdoux, the classic 1947 Charlie Chaplin romantic marriage crime murder serial killer black comedy ("Chaplin Changes! Can You?"; "The Story of a Modern French Bluebeard"; "Hysterical Laughter! Haunting Romance! Shocking Drama!"; "The sensational New Comedy"; "In 'Monsieur Verdoux' there is a peculiar intensity of drama...an even more peculiar hysteria of laughter -and a strange love story that hurts."; "Beauty on the block!"; "What will be the fate of these lovely girls in the hands of the modern Bluebeard?"; about a man who repeatedly marries women and then kills them for their money; Chaplin manages to make this hysterically funny at times, and the movie really does make you think about why killing is acceptable in war, but is not in peacetime; as Chaplin says in the movie, "Numbers sanctify", asking why it is OK for a country to kill thousands during wartime; from an idea suggested by Orson Welles) starring Charles Chaplin (in the title role as Henri Verdoux), Martha Raye (who proves herself to be Chaplin's equal, as an indestructible wife who just refuses to be killed!), Isobel Elsom, Robert Lewis, and Marilyn Nash (billed as "introducing for the first time Marilyn Nash") NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Important Added Info: Note that this is the earliest paper banner of this type we have seen! Many years later, studios made similar paper banners, but not only have we never auctioned this before, but we also have never auctioned anything similar to it! So it is beyond rare. Note that because this paper banner is quite fragile it will absolutely need to be sent in a very large flat package that measures approximately 7" x 30" so bear that added expense in mind before bidding. Condition: good. The paper banner has darkened. It was once taped to something on the back and it was then removed and it caused a tear in the top corners and small paper loss in the top left corner. It also darkened. Learn More about condition grades 
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