Although some purists hold out for Duck Soup (1933), many Marx Brothers fans consider A Night at the Opera the team’s best film. Immediately after the credits roll, we are introduced to Groucho Marx as penny-ante promoter Otis B. Driftwood. After a sumptuous dinner with a beautiful blonde at a fancy Milan restaurant, Driftwood tries to cadge another free meal from his wealthy patroness, Mrs. Claypool (Margaret Dumont). The dignified dowager complains that Driftwood had promised to get her into high society, but has done nothing so far. Otis B. counters by introducing Mrs. C to pompous opera entrepreneur Gottleib (Sig Rumann); all Mrs. Claypool has to do is invest several hundred thousand dollars in Gottleib’s opera company, and her entree into society is in the bag. Contingent upon this plan is Driftwood’s signing of Rodolfo Lassparri (Walter Woolf King), a self-important tenor. Backstage at the opera, Driftwood meets Fiorello (Chico Marx), who poses as a manager and offers to sell Driftwood the “world’s greatest tenor”-not Lassparri, as Driftwood assumes, but Fiorello’s pal Ricardo Baroni (Allan Jones). Instantly the two sharpsters try to draw up a contract (“The party of the first part shall hereafter be known as the party of the first part…”), which they proceed to tear up piece by piece whenever coming across a clause that displeases them (Driftwood: “That’s a sanity clause”; Fiorello: “You no foola me. There ain’t no Sanity Claus”). Having lost Lassparri to Gottleib, Driftwood sails back to America with Mrs. Claypool and the opera company. Gottleib arranges for Driftwood to get the tiniest, least accessible stateroom on the ship. Unpacking his trunk, Driftwood discovers that he’s got to share his postage-stamp quarters with Ricardo Baroni, who has stowed away because he’s in love with the opera troupe’s leading lady Rosa (Kitty Carlisle). Also hiding out in Driftwood’s trunk is Fiorello, who’s come along because he’s still Ricardo’s manager, and the wacky Tomasso (Harpo Marx), Lassparri’s former dresser, who has come along for the hell of it. Anxious to arrange a tete-a-tete with Mrs. Claypool in his stateroom, Otis finds out that his unwelcome guests won’t leave until they’re fed (“Do you have any stewed prunes? Well, give them some black coffee, that’ll sober ’em up”). After ordering a huge dinner, Otis and his new friends are crowded even farther by a steady stream of intruders, including an engineer and his assistant, a cleaning lady, a manicurist, a girl looking for her Aunt Minnie, and a dozen waiters. The celebrated “stateroom scene” comes to a rollicking conclusion when Mrs. Claypool has the misfortune of opening the door. On the last night of the voyage, Fiorello, Tomasso and Ricardo sneak out of their stateroom to enjoy an impromptu ethnic festival in steerage. Ricardo sings, Fiorello “shoots the keys” on the piano, and Tomasso plays the film’s theme song Alone on the harp. The stowaways are caught and thrown in the brig, but with Driftwood’s help they escape. To avoid recapture, the stowaways don heavy beards and pose as three famed Russian aviators. After making a shambles of a public reception, the three reprobates hide out in Driftwood’s New York apartment, where everyone conspires to drive an investigating detective (Robert Emmet O’Connor) crazy. Driftwood is fired from the opera company for associating with the stowaways, while Rosa is dismissed for refusing Lassparri’s affections. In order to restore Rosa’s job and put the deserving Ricardo in Lassparri’s place during the opening performance of La Traviata, Driftwood, Fiorello and Tomasso concoct a scheme that will reduce the opera to comic chaos. The actual night at the opera in A Night at the Opera must be seen to be believed, but the spirit of the scene can be summed up by Gottleib’s anguished cry “A battleship in Il Trovatore!” Opera was the Marx Brothers’ first film for MGM, and they dearly coveted a hit after the disappointing box-office showing of their final Paramount films. With the blessing of MGM production chief Irving Thalberg, the Marxes went on the road with their brilliant writing staff (including George S. Kaufman, Morrie Ryskind and Al Boasberg) to test their comedy material before live audiences. As a result of this careful preplanning, Night at the Opera was a smash-hit gigglefest, grossing over $3 million and putting the Marxes back on top in the hearts and minds of filmgoers everywhere., The Marx Brothers get involved in the opera business in what is reckoned by some to be their finest hour. Margaret Dumont lends formidable support., The Marx Brothers are on top form as they get involved in the opera business in what is reckoned by some to be their finest hour. The jam-packed ‘stowaway’ scene remains one of cinema’s great comic moments. Margaret Dumont lends formidable support., Classic Marx Brothers comedy with the anarchic trio attempting to pass off a pair of their Italian friends as grand opera stars. General chaos ensues as Harpo takes to the opera house fly ropes in the film’s matchless and exhausting climax., The Marx Brothers spoof the opera world as a penny-ante promoter promises to arrange entrance into high society for a wealthy dowager if she antes up $200,000 as a patron of the arts. Plenty of gags and music. Watch for the famed “stateroom scene,” where untold amounts of people squeeze into tiny quarters on a ship., Comedy classic as the Marx Brothers – mixing romance and song with a stream of uproarious sound and sight gags – become involved in the opera business. Their hopeless attempts to pass off a couple of Italian friends as grand opera stars do not go quite according to their very loose plan., The Marx Brothers spoof the opera world as a penny-ante promoter promises to arrange entrance into high society for a wealthy dowager if she antes up $200,000 as a patron of the arts., A sly business manager and two wacky friends of two opera singers help them achieve success while humiliating their stuffy and snobbish enemies., The legendary Marx Brothers take a hilarious, musical swipe at self-importance, pomposity and insensitivity, that crescendos with a manic on-stage performance, A Night at the Opera.
Q&A :
Q: Who are the main cast members in “A Night at the Opera ” ?
A: The main cast includes Groucho Marx,Harpo Marx,Chico Marx,Allan Jones,Margaret Dumont,Walter Woolf King,Robert Emmett O’Connor,Kitty Carlisle Hart,Sig Ruman,Edward Keane,Robert E. O’Connor,Gino Corrado,Purnell Pratt,Al Bridge,Frank Yaconelli,Billy Gilbert,Samuel Marx,Claude Payton,Otto H. Fries,Rita and Rubins,Luther Hoobyar,Rodolfo Hoyos,Olga Dane,James J. Wolf,Rodolfo Hoyos Jr.,Inez Palange,Selmar Jackson,Jonathan Hale,Otto Fries,William Gould,Leo White,Marx Brothers,Jay Eaton,Rolfe Sedan,Wilbur Mack,George Irving,George Guhl,Harry Tyler,Phillips Smalley,Selmer Jackson,Alan Bridge,Harry Allen,Lorraine Bridges,Jack Lipson,Edwin B. Willis,Harry Ruby,Morris Ryskind,Cedric Gibbons,Merritt Gerstad,Bert Kalmar,George S. Kaufman,Merritt B. Gerstad,Ben Carre,Al Boasberg,William Levanway,Morrie Ryskind,Chester Hale,Dolly Tree.
Q: When Did the “A Night at the Opera” Released?
A: The Movie “A Night at the Opera” originally aired on 1992-10-30 and released in the year of 1935.
Q: What Languages are available to watch “A Night at the Opera” ?
A: Is also available in eng language.
Q: Where to watch “A Night at the Opera” ?
A: “A Night at the Opera” is Avaiable on Netflix. as its Netflix Originals.
