A Night at the Opera
One of the Marx brothers' greatest films (along with Duck Soup), A Night at the Opera has awfully little opera for a film that purports to be just that. No matter, it's still hysterically funny -- the highlight being when the boys try to pack into a cruise ship stateroom, including their enormous footlockers. And the verbal gags come so fast and furious it's actually hard to keep up. Oh yeah, there's a story about an opera singer, too: Kitty Carlisle is memorable as Groucho's charge, who he futilely tries to turn into a star.
Rating
4.0 out of 5 Stars
- Director: Sam Wood
- Producer: Irving Thalberg
- Screenwriter: George S. Kaufman, Morrie Ryskind
- Stars: Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Harpo Marx, Kitty Carlisle, Allan Jones
- MPAA Rating: NR
- Year of Release: 1935
- Released on Video: 10/01/1980
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