A NIGHT AT THE OPERA
Year: 1935
Country:
United States
Run Time:
92 minutes
Deep in the eerie catacombs of Paris lurks the hideously disfigured Pahnton, who hypnotizes the beautiful soprano Christine into...Ha! Fooled you, didn't we? Honk! Honk! Ranked by James Monaco as "the perfect Marx Brothers fiml", this stars Groucho as Otis B. Driftwood, dubious doubletalker trying to dupe a Margaret Dumont-type aristocrat (Margaret Dumont) into investing millions in his discount opera company. On the troupe's NYC-bound ocean liner Harpo and Chico turn up as stowaways, and the scene is set for intriguesm reversals of fortune, backstage backstabbing, baloney, and slapstick sabotage that turns a premiere of "Il Trovatore" into the most dysfunctional Opera since Winfrey. The standard romantic subplot-with Kitty Carlisle as a divine diva and Allan Jones her struggling suitor-was never more skillfully integrated into the Marxist madness than here. And then there's the legendary stateroom seqence, a comedy classic which was nearly cut from the script becasue it didn't seem funny in rehersal! Come early, because the auditorium should be just as packed. Wonderful entertainment, suitable for all ages, unless you happen to be Verdi or Puccini.
Screenplay
George S. Kaufman, Morrie Ryskind
Director
Sam Wood
Producer
Irving Thalberg
Cinematography
Merritt Gerstad
Principal Cast
Gracho Marx, Chico Marx, Harpo Mrx, Kitty Carlisle.
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