A sly business manager and the wacky friends of two opera singers in Italy help them achieve success in America while humiliating their stuffy and snobbish enemies.A sly business manager and the wacky friends of two opera singers in Italy help them achieve success in America while humiliating their stuffy and snobbish enemies.A sly business manager and the wacky friends of two opera singers in Italy help them achieve success in America while humiliating their stuffy and snobbish enemies.
- Awards
- 2 wins
Walter Woolf King
- Rudolfo Lassparri
- (as Walter King)
Sig Ruman
- Herman Gottlieb
- (as Siegfried Rumann)
Robert Emmett O'Connor
- Police Sergeant Henderson
- (as Robert Emmet O'Connor)
Enrique Acosta
- Nightclub Guest
- (uncredited)
Harry Adams
- Opera Spectator
- (uncredited)
Harry Allen
- Doorman
- (uncredited)
Sam Appel
- Dungeon Guard
- (uncredited)
King Baggot
- Dignitary
- (uncredited)
Marion Bell
- Lady looking for 'Aunt Minnie'
- (uncredited)
Edna Bennett
- Maid
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaIn exasperation after several attempts to have Groucho Marx read one of his lines in the manner director Sam Wood had requested, Wood exclaimed, "I guess you just can't make an actor out of clay." Groucho Marx instantly responded, "Nor a director out of Wood."
- GoofsRicardo is clearly standing on the dock as the ship pulls away, yet he turns up on board later as a stowaway.
- Quotes
Otis B. Driftwood: It's all right, that's in every contract. That's what they call a sanity clause.
[Fiorello laughs loudly]
Fiorello: You can't fool me! There ain't no Sanity Claus!
- Alternate versionsAll references to the first portion of the film taking place in Italy were edited from the original negative sometime after the original release. There is speculation that this was done during WWII when Italy was as Axis power, but it also may have been done in the late 1930's to appease Mussolini, who didn't like the way Italians were being portrayed. Either way, the film's first scene begins rather abruptly and is missing a musical number and references to Milan, Italy.
- ConnectionsEdited into Apaga y vámonos: Episode #1.5 (2013)
- SoundtracksIl Trovatore: Di quella pira
(1853) (uncredited)
Music by Giuseppe Verdi
Libretto by Leone Emanuele Bardare and Salvatore Cammarano
Sung by Walter Woolf King
with The MGM Symphony Orchestra
Featured review
The Marx Brothers against the world
This is probably the best Marx Brothers film. It is certainly my favorite. The brothers destroy pomposity and pretension by the ton. The pieces of comic business were worked out through many live theater performances before the scenes were finally filmed. This craftsmanship never shows, but it pays off completely. The stateroom scene is a classic, and the total devastation of the opera is a delicious piece of craziness.
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- mermatt
- Jul 31, 1998
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- Also known as
- Skandal in der Oper
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- Production company
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Box office
- Gross worldwide
- $5,320
- Runtime1 hour 36 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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