I'm trying to solve a little mystery here. In Charles Chaplin's Moniseur Verdoux there's a conversation between Verdoux and a woman:
-How beautiful, this pale Endymion hour.
-What are you talking about?
-Endymion, my dear. A beautiful youth possessed by the moon.
-Well, forget about him and get to bed.
-Yes, my dear.
I'm trying to find out what exactly he's referring to. I was wondering could this mention of Endymion be possibly a refrence to John Keats' work? And could the "How beautiful, this pale Endymion hour" line even a be direct cite from some Keats poem?
All help is appreciated!