A Night at the Opera

A Night at the Opera

1935 | 1h 31m | Comedy, Musical | TV-G

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Brief Synopsis

Here are the Marx Brothers at their hilarious best! In this 1935 comedy, the boys run wild through the world of opera with some of the funniest routines in movie history. Allan Jones and Kitty Carlisle provide the songs and the romance.

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Cast and Crew

DIRECTOR

Sam Wood

CAST

Groucho Marx

Chico Marx

Harpo Marx

Kitty Carlisle

Allan Jones

Margaret Dumont

Walter Woolf King

PRODUCERS

Irving Thalberg

WRITERS

George S. Kaufman

Morrie Ryskind

James Kevin McGuinness

Host Intros

01:38
Dave Karger Intro -- A Night At The Opera (1935)
Intro Aired: Nov 2019
TCM's Dave Karger introduces A Night At The Opera, 1935.
01:27
Greg Proops Intro -- A Night At The Opera (1935)
Intro Aired: Sep 2016
Guest host Greg Proops introduces A Night At The Opera, 1935.

Related Videos

Night at the Opera, A (1935) -- (Movie Clip) Our Distinguished Guests
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The stowaways (Chico and Harpo Marx and Allan Jones) have stolen beards from the famous aviators and must impersonate them with help from Driftwood (Groucho Marx) in A Night at the Opera, 1935.
Night at the Opera, A (1935) -- (Movie Clip) Otis B. Driftwood
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The opening scene introduces Groucho Marx as "Otis B. Driftwood," Margaret Dumont as his stood-up date "Mrs. Claypool," and Sig Rumann as the baffled impresario "Gottlieb" in A Night at the Opera, 1935.
Night at the Opera, A (1935) -- (Movie Clip) State Dinner
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Driftwood (Groucho Marx) is working one scheme with Mrs. Claypool (Margaret Dumont) and Gottlieb (Sig Rumann) and another with Rosa (Kitty Carlisle) during a state dinner on the ship in A Night at the Opera, 1935.
Night at the Opera, A (1935) -- (Movie Clip) Fiorello, Tomasso
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Fiorello (Chico Marx) meets Tomasso (Harpo Marx) backstage for a salami exchange before visiting with old pal and singer Ricardo (Allan Jones) in an early scene from A Night at the Opera, 1935.
Night at the Opera, A (1935) -- (Movie Clip) State Room
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This is most of the famed "State Room" sequence featuring Groucho, Chico and Harpo Marx along with Harry "Zoop" Welsh as the steward and too many others in A Night at the Opera, 1935.
Night at the Opera, A (1935) -- (Movie Clip) Party of the First Part
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Driftwood (Groucho Marx) and Fiorello (Chico Marx) conduct business relating to an opera singer's contract in a famous scene from A Night at the Opera 1935, the screenplay credited to George S. Kaufman and Morrie Ryskind.
Night at the Opera, A - (Re-issue Trailer)
Trailer
Three zanies turn an operatic performance into chaos in their efforts to promote their protege's romance with the leading lady in A Night at the Opera (1935), one of the Marx Brothers most popular films.

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