A Night at the Opera
USA,
1935, 96 min
Directed by:
Sam WoodCinematography:
Merritt B. GerstadComposer:
Herbert StothartCast:
Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Harpo Marx, Kitty Carlisle, Allan Jones, Walter Woolf King, Sig Ruman, Margaret Dumont, Jonathan Hale, Rolfe Sedan, Billy Gilbert (more)VOD (1)
Plots(1)
A sly business manager and two wacky friends of two opera singers help them achieve success while humiliating their stuffy and snobbish enemies. (official distributor synopsis)
Reviews (1)
The Marx Brothers, and it doesn't matter at all that there are only three of them here, are simply masters and Groucho in particular is an unbelievable chatterbox. What comes out of him is truly incredible. The film is very much like a cabaret performance, as it is strongly interspersed with actual opera and singing, or playing musical instruments. Despite its inconsistency, however, the film holds together wonderfully.
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