A Night at the Opera (1935)

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1h 36min
Comedy, Music
15 Nov 1935 (USA)
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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.

Directors:

Sam Wood, Edmund Goulding

Writers:

Stars:

Awards:

2 wins.
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Still of Helen Grayco and Chico Marx in A Night at the Opera (1935)

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	Groucho Marx	...	Otis B. Driftwood
	Chico Marx	...	Fiorello
	Harpo Marx	...	Tomasso
	Kitty Carlisle	...	Rosa Castaldi
	Allan Jones	...	Riccardo Barone
	Walter Woolf King	...	Rudolfo Lassparri (as Walter King)
	Sig Ruman	...	Herman Gottlieb (as Siegfried Rumann)
	Margaret Dumont	...	Mrs. Claypool
	Edward Keane	...	Ship's Captain
	Robert Emmett O'Connor	...	Police Sergeant Henderson (as Robert Emmet O'Connor)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
	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)
	Dolly Blackburn	...	Little Girl watching Harpo playing (uncredited)
	Stanley Blystone	...	Ship's Officer (uncredited)
	William A. Boardway	...	Backstage Guest (uncredited)
	Paul Bradley	...	Man on Dock (uncredited)
	Al Bridge	...	Immigration Inspector (uncredited)
	Loie Bridge	...	Ship Passenger (uncredited)
	Lorraine Bridges	...	Louisa (uncredited)
	Ettore Campana	...	Bit in 'I Pagliacci' (uncredited)
	Nina Campana	...	Bit in 'I Pagliacci' (uncredited)
	Jack Chefe	...	Opera Spectator (uncredited)
	Ruth Cherrington	...	Opera Spectator (uncredited)
	Alex Chivra	...	Shipboard Cook (uncredited)
	Martin Cichy	...	Policeman (uncredited)
	Gino Corrado	...	First Porter (uncredited)
	Gennaro Curci	...	Doorman (uncredited)
	Sidney D'Albrook	...	Stagehand (uncredited)
	Olga Dane	...	Azucena in "Il Trovatore" (uncredited)
	Bill Days	...	Singer in Chorus (uncredited)
	Gloria Delson	...	Child (uncredited)
	Mario Dominici	...	Ship Passenger (uncredited)
	Mike Donovan	...	Policeman (uncredited)
	Jay Eaton	...	Aviator (uncredited)
	Manuel Emanuel	...	Bit in 'I Pagliacci' (uncredited)
	Fanchon	...	Dancer (uncredited)
	Adolph Faylauer	...	Opera Spectator (uncredited)
	Tom Ferrandini	...	Opera Spectator (uncredited)
	Antonio Filauri	...	Bit in 'I Pagliacci' (uncredited)
	Harry Fleischmann	...	Policeman (uncredited)
	Bess Flowers	...	Ship Passenger (uncredited)
	Otto Fries	...	Otto - Elevator Operator (uncredited)
	Bud Geary	...	Stagehand (uncredited)
	Alexander Giglio	...	Bit in 'I Pagliacci' (uncredited)
	Billy Gilbert	...	Orchestra Member Asking Fiorello Not to Play Piano (uncredited)
	William Gould	...	Police Captain (uncredited)
	Helen Grayco	...	Girl watching Chico play Piano (uncredited)
	Julia Griffith	...	Opera Spectator (uncredited)
	George Guhl	...	Policeman (uncredited)
	Jonathan Hale	...	Stage Manager in Opera Box Who Announces Gottlieb's Disappearance (uncredited)
	Ben Hall	...	Stagehand (uncredited)
	Chuck Hamilton	...	Policeman (uncredited)
	Eddie Hart	...	Policeman (uncredited)
	Oscar 'Dutch' Hendrian	...	Stagehand (uncredited)
	Lew Hicks	...	Policeman (uncredited)
	Luther Hoobyar	...	Ruiz (uncredited)
	Art Howard	...	Opera Spectator (uncredited)
	Rodolfo Hoyos	...	Count di Luna (uncredited)
	George Irving	...	Committeeman (uncredited)
	Selmer Jackson	...	Committeeman (uncredited)
	Gwen Lee	...	Driftwood's Dining Companion (uncredited)
	Jack 'Tiny' Lipson	...	Engineer's Assistant (uncredited)
	Wilbur Mack	...	Committeeman (uncredited)
	Tandy MacKenzie	...	Tenor in 'Di quella pira' (uncredited)
	Tom Mahoney	...	Police Sergeant (uncredited)
	Fred Malatesta	...	Stagehand (uncredited)
	Jerry Mandy	...	Second Porter (uncredited)
	Marco	...	Dancer (uncredited)
	Alphonse Martell	...	Ship Officer / Opera Spectator (uncredited)
	Francisco Marán	...	Opera Doorman (uncredited)
	Charles McAvoy	...	Policeman (uncredited)
	Tom McGuire	...	Policeman (uncredited)
	Frank McLure	...	Manager's Assistant (uncredited)
	Edmund Mortimer	...	Dignitary (uncredited)
	James C. Morton	...	Opera Spectator (uncredited)
	George Nardelli	...	Ship Passenger (uncredited)
	Field Norton	...	Manager's Assistant (uncredited)
	Alex Novinsky	...	Ship Passenger (uncredited)
	Wedgwood Nowell	...	Ship Passenger (uncredited)
	Gene O'Brien	...	Piano scene with Harpo (uncredited)
	William H. O'Brien	...	Stagehand (uncredited)
	William J. O'Brien	...	Opera Spectator (uncredited)
	Inez Palange	...	Maid (uncredited)
	Claude Payton	...	Police Captain (uncredited)
	Lee Phelps	...	Policeman at opera (uncredited)
	Alexander Pollard	...	Committee Man (uncredited)
	Russ Powell	...	Carriage Driver (uncredited)
	Purnell Pratt	...	Mayor (uncredited)
	Hal Price	...	Stagehand (uncredited)
	Rita	...	Dancer (uncredited)
	Ronald R. Rondell	...	Opera Spectator (uncredited)
	Milton Royce	...	Ship Passenger / Opera Spectator (uncredited)
	Rubin	...	Dancer (uncredited)
	Annette Ruderman	...	Girl in Ballroom (uncredited)
	Alexander Schoenberg	...	Violinist in Orchestra (uncredited)
	Earl Seaman	...	Undetermined Role (uncredited)
	Scott Seaton	...	Backstage Guest (uncredited)
	Rolfe Sedan	...	Aviator (uncredited)
	Evelyn Selbie	...	Fortune Teller (uncredited)
	Bruce Sidney	...	Ship Passenger / Opera Spectator (uncredited)
	Phillips Smalley	...	Committeeman (uncredited)
	Stephen Soldi	...	Ship's Steward (uncredited)
	John St. Polis	...	Opera Conductor (uncredited)
	Count Stefenelli	...	Man at Launch (uncredited)
	Leo Sulky	...	Policeman (uncredited)
	Ludovico Tomarchio	...	Bit in 'I Pagliacci' (uncredited)
	Harry Tyler	...	Sign Painter (uncredited)
	Ellinor Vanderveer	...	Shipboard Dinner Party Guest / Opera Spectator (uncredited)
	Harry 'Zoup' Welsh	...	Ship's Steward (uncredited)
	Leo White	...	Aviator (uncredited)
	James J. Wolf	...	Ferrando in 'Il Trovatore' (uncredited)
	Frank Yaconelli	...	Engineer (uncredited)

Directed by

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Sam Wood
Edmund Goulding	...	(uncredited)

Written by

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George S. Kaufman	...	(screen play) and
Morrie Ryskind	...	(screen play)

James Kevin McGuinness	...	(from a story by)

Buster Keaton	...	() (uncredited)

Al Boasberg	...	(additional dialogue) (uncredited)

Bert Kalmar	...	(draft) (uncredited)

George Oppenheimer	...	() (uncredited)

Robert Pirosh	...	(draft) (uncredited)

Harry Ruby	...	(draft) (uncredited)

George Seaton	...	(draft) (uncredited)

Carey Wilson	...	() (uncredited)

Produced by

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Irving Thalberg

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executive producer (uncredited)

Music by

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Herbert Stothart

Cinematography by

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Merritt B. Gerstad

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(photographed by)

Editing by

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William LeVanway

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film editor

Art Direction by

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Cedric Gibbons

Makeup Department

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Robert J. Schiffer

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makeup artist (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Lesley Selander

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assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department

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Ben Carré	...	associate art director (as Ben Carre)
Edwin B. Willis	...	associate art director
Harry Albiez	...	props (uncredited)

Sound Department

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Douglas Shearer	...	recording director
James Brock	...	sound mixer (uncredited)
William Steinkamp	...	sound re-recordist (uncredited)
Michael Steinore	...	sound editor (uncredited)

Stunts

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Vincent Lawler

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stunt double: harpo marx (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

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Bill Allen	...	electrician (uncredited)
Pop Arnold	...	key grip (uncredited)
A. Lindsley Lane	...	second camera operator (uncredited)
Floyd Porter	...	gaffer (uncredited)
William Riley	...	second camera operator (uncredited)
Cliff Shirpser	...	assistant camera (uncredited)
Frank Tanner	...	still photographer (uncredited)
Arnold Webster	...	grip (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Dolly Tree	...	wardrobe
Eugene Joseff	...	costume jeweller (uncredited)

Music Department

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Wayne Allen	...	orchestrator (uncredited)
Paul Lamkoff	...	vocal coach (uncredited)
Paul Marquardt	...	orchestrator (uncredited)
Charles Maxwell	...	orchestrator (uncredited)
M.J. McLaughlin	...	music recordist (uncredited)
Leonid Raab	...	orchestrator (uncredited)
Paul Taylor	...	vocal coach: chorus (uncredited)
Jack Virgil	...	orchestrator (uncredited)
Harold Zweifel	...	orchestrator (uncredited)

Additional Crew

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Chester Hale	...	dances by
Howard Dietz	...	publicist (uncredited)
George S. Kaufman	...	dialogue director (uncredited)
Enrico Ricardi	...	whistling double: Harpo Marx (uncredited)

Crew verified as complete

Production Companies

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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (presents) (controlled by Loew's Incorporated)

Distributors

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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1935) (United States) (theatrical)
Regal Films (1935) (Canada) (theatrical) (as Regal Films, Ltd.)
Film AB Le Mat-Metro-Goldwyn (1936) (Sweden) (theatrical)
Metro-Goldwyn Filmselskap (1936) (Norway) (theatrical)
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1936) (Argentina) (theatrical)
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1936) (Finland) (theatrical)
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1936) (France) (theatrical)
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1936) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1936) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1937) (Portugal) (theatrical)
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1948) (Canada) (theatrical) (re-release)
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1948) (United States) (theatrical) (re-release)
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1962) (United States) (theatrical) (re-release)
Wivefilm (1964) (Sweden) (theatrical)
Yleisradio (YLE) (1970) (Finland) (tv)
Republic-Filmi (1972) (Finland) (theatrical)
Sergel Films Distributions (1972) (Sweden) (theatrical)
Filmes Lusomundo (1976) (Portugal) (theatrical) (re-release)
MGM Home Entertainment (1983) (Australia) (video)
MGM/UA Home Entertainment (1988) (United States) (VHS)
René Malo Vidéo-Malofilm Video (1988) (Canada) (VHS) (Quebec)
The Criterion Collection (1990) (United States) (video) (laserdisc)
Chapel Distribution (1997) (Australia) (theatrical) (re-release)
Warner Home Video (1999) (United States) (VHS)
Sandrew Metronome Distribution (2004) (Finland) (DVD)
Warner Home Video (2004) (United States) (DVD)
Warner Home Vídeo (2004) (Brazil) (DVD)
Warner Home Video (2005) (United States) (DVD)
Warner Bros. Entertainment Finland (2006) (Finland) (DVD) (6-disc Marx Brothers Prestige Collection)
Warner Home Video (2009) (Canada) (DVD) (4 film collection)
Warner Home Video (2009) (United States) (DVD) (4 film collection)
Action Cinémas (2014) (France) (theatrical) (re-release)
Nos Lusomundo Audiovisuais (2014) (Portugal) (DVD)

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Other Companies

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Motion Picture Producers and Distributors Association of America (approved: certificate no. 1613)
Western Electric (sound system)

Storyline

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Plot Summary	The Marx Brothers take on high society. Two lovers who are both in opera are prevented from being together by the man's lack of acceptance as an operatic tenor. Pulling several typical Marx Brothers' stunts, they arrange for the normal tenor to be absent so that the young lover can get his chance. Written by John Vogel Plot Summary Plot Synopsis
Plot Keywords	bare-chested-male national-film-registry marx-brothers five-word-title piano-playing See All (210) »
Taglines	"The Marx Bros. are three of our foremost comedians...my wife can tell you the name of the fourth." says Eddie Cantor. (Print Ad-Lewiston Daily Sun, ((Lewiston, Me.)) 28 December 1935) See more »
Genres	Comedy Music Musical
Parents Guide	View content advisory »
Certification	Argentina:Atp Australia:G Brazil:Livre Canada:G Denmark:12 Finland:S France:Tous publics Italy:T Japan:G Netherlands:AL Netherlands:14 New Zealand:G Norway:A Norway:A (recommended rating) South Korea:12 Spain:TP (DVD rating) Sweden:Btl United Kingdom:U United States:TV-PG United States:Passed (National Board of Review) United States:Approved United States:TV-G (TV rating) West Germany:12 (nf)

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Also Known As	Une nuit à l'opéra (France) Skandal in der Oper (Germany) Una nit a l'òpera (Spain, Catalan title) Una noche en la ópera (Spain) 歌声俪影 (China, Mandarin title) See more »
Runtime	96 min
Country	United States
Language	English Italian
Color	Black and White
Aspect Ratio	1.37 : 1 See more »
Sound Mix	Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
Filming Locations	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA See more »

Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross

$3,956,700

Did You Know?

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Trivia	In 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." See more »
Goofs	Ricardo is clearly standing on the dock as the ship pulls away, yet he turns up on board later as a stowaway. See more »
Movie Connections	Edited into Episode #1.5 (2013). See more »
Soundtracks	Il Trovatore: Di quella pira See more »
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! See more »

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