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"Monsieur Verdoux" 305
weighted with a rock around her and push her overboard, but tumbles in himself and is rescued by AnnaDelia.
Flowers arrive for Mine. Grosnay. She tells a friend they are from "that awful man who is pursuing me." Verdoux, calling from the florist shop, tells Mme. Grosnay, "Your eyes — they're beautiful" as he ogles the young flower girl. His persistence finally wins him an invitation from Mme. Grosnay. She playfully calls him a "wicked man" as he kisses her hand. Verdoux's technique begins to work.
At the big reception when Verdoux finally wins Marie Grosnay, Annabella's loud laugh is suddenly heard. Verdoux dodges her by ducking into the greenhouse, under tables, into various rooms, and out windows. Finally he disappears over the garden wall, abandoning Mme. Grosnay.
Montage sequence: "Stock Crash" . . . "Panic in the Stock Exchange" . . . "Banks fail" . . . "Riots" . . . "Suicides" . . . Verdoux is informed he was wiped out hours ago. . . . "Crisis in Europe" ... 1933 .. . crowrds . . . Mussolini and Hitler . . . soldiers marching . . . "Nazis bomb Spanish Loyalists" . . . "Thousand of civilians killed." . . .
Verdoux, now older and slightly bent, stepping away from a cafe table, is almost run over by an automobile. The car belongs to the girl he once befriended. "Don't you remember me?" She offers him a lift and they drive to the Cafe Royale. He finally recalls her and she goes on with her story. Her fortunes have improved. She has married a munitions manufacturer. Verdoux smiles ironically and replies: "That is the business I should have been in. It will be paying big dividends soon!"
Of himself Verdoux says: "Business is a ruthless business." He gave up the fight — soon after the crash he lost his wife and child. What followed was a monotonous