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A Night at the Opera
Available on DVD:
A Night at the Opera (1935)
- DVD, Region 1: Warner Home Video, www.marxbrothersdvd.com, 2004 /
Special Features:
Commentary by Leonard Maltin
Documentary "Remarks On Marx"
"The Hy Gardner Show" (1/1/61) excerpt featuring Groucho Marx View Clip (Quicktime / ISDN or Broadband recommended)
Shorts: Robert Benchley's 'How To Sleep' / 'Sunday Night At The Trocadero'
Theatrical Trailer
The boys signed with Irving Thalberg and M-G-M for this 1935 all-time classic. Otis B. Driftwood, Fiorello and Tomasso turn Mrs. Claypool's opera into a circus. This comic masterpiece contains the famous stateroom and contract scenes (with the Sanity Clause) and the best plot of any Marx film. (J. Bradley Main)
GROUCHO: Wait a minute. Have I got time to go back and pay my hotel bill?
OFFICER: Too late!
GROUCHO: That's fine
The following exchange between Groucho and Margaret Dumont -- Dumont asks, "Are you sure you have everything, Otis?" and Groucho replies, "I've never had any complaints yet!" -- was cut by the censorship boards in every state on the film's release, but fortunately was preserved and is in current copies.
Related Links
Sounds
Quotes
- The Contract Scene
- The Contract Scene at http://www.nightattheopera.net
- The Stateroom Scene at http://www.nightattheopera.net
Videos
- Quicktime video clips at http://www.nightattheopera.net
General
- Scenes removed from the final script at http://www.nightattheopera.net
- Plot line and quotes at http://www.filmsite.org
- Reviews at http://www.nightattheopera.net
- All kind of information prepared by the 'Alex Film Society' at http://www.keyconnect.com/alexfilmsoc through web.archive.org
Cast:
| Groucho Marx | Otis P. Driftwood | ||
| Harpo Marx | Tomasso | ||
| Chico Marx | Fiorello | ||
| Margaret Dumont | Mrs. Claypool | ||
| Sig Ruman | Herman Gottlieb | ||
| Kitty Carlisle | Rosa Castaldi | ||
| Allan Jones | Riccardo Baroni | ||
| Walter Woolf King | Rudolpho Lassparri | ||
| Edward Keane | Captain | ||
| Robert Emmett O'Connor | Detective Henderson | ||
| Gino Corrado | Stewart | ||
| Purnell Pratt | Mayor | ||
| Frank Yaconelli | Engineer | ||
| Billy Gilbert | Engineer's Assistant, Peasant | ||
| John Lipson | Engineer's Assistant | ||
| Claude Peyton | Police Captain | ||
| Rita and Rubin | Dancers | ||
| Luther Hoobyar | Ruiz | ||
| Rodolfo Hoyos | Count Di Luna | ||
| Olga Dane | Azucena, gypsy woman | ||
| James J. Wolf | Ferrando | ||
| Inez Palange | Maid | ||
| Jonathan Hale | Stage Manager | ||
| Otto Fries | Elevator man | ||
| William Gould | Police Captain | ||
| Leo White | Aviator | ||
| Jay Eaton | Aviator | ||
| Rolfe Sedan | Aviator | ||
| Wilbur Mack | Committee member | ||
| George Irving | Committee member | ||
| Phillips Smalley | Committee member | ||
| Selmer Jackson | Committee member | ||
| George Guhl | Policeman | ||
| Harry Tyler | Sign Painter | ||
| Alan Bridge | Immigration inspector | ||
| Harry Allen | Doorman | ||
| Lorraine Bridges | Louisa | ||
| Fred Malatesta | Stage Hand | ||
| Edna Bennett | Maid | ||
| Zuke Welch | Steward | ||
| Gennaro Curci | Doorman |
| Director | Sam Wood | ||
| Written by | George S. Kaufman | ||
| Morrie Ryskind | |||
| James Kevin McGuiness (story) | |||
| Al Boasberg (additional material, uncredited) | |||
| Music | Herbert Stothart | ||
| Giuseppe Verdi | |||
| Song "Alone" | Arthur Freed (lyrics) | ||
| Nacio Herb Brown (music) | |||
| Song "Cosi-Cosa" | Bronislau Kaper (music) | ||
| Walter Jurmann (music) | |||
| Ned Washington (lyrics) | |||
| Cinematography | Merritt B. Gerstad | ||
| Art director | Cedric Gibbons | ||
| Associate art directors | Ben Carre | ||
| Edwin B. Willis (set decorator) | |||
| Editor | William Levanway | ||
| Recording director | Douglas Shearer | ||
| Dance director | Chester Hale | ||
| Costume design | Dolly Tree | ||
| Production Manager | Tlacateotl Mata | ||
| Producer | Irving Thalberg (uncredited) | ||
| Miguel Necoechea (associate) | |||
| Production company / Distribution | Metro-Goldwyn-Meyer (Loew's Inc.) | ||
| Runtime | 96 min. | ||
| Baltimore / St. Louis opening | 01 Nov 1935 | ||
| Release date | 15 Nov 1935 | ||
| Remade as | Brain Donors (1992) | ||
| Spanish title | Una noche en la ópera | ||
| French title | Une nuit à l'opéra | ||
| German title | Die Marx Brothers in der Oper | ||
| Skandal in der Oper | |||
| Swedish title | Galakväll pa Operan | ||
| Italian title | Una notte all'Opera | ||
| Finnish title | Ilta oopperassa |
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