April 11, 1947 –
Charlie Chaplin’s very dark comedy, Monsieur Verdoux, opened on this date in NYC.
The film was a colossal box-office flop on its 1947 release, despite being ardently championed by writer-critic James Agee, who considered Charles Chaplin’s acting performance the greatest male performance he had ever seen in films.
The Haus of Dcaligari 