A Night at the Opera (1935)
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- Passed
- 1h 36min
- Comedy, Music
- 15 Nov 1935 (USA)
- Movie
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:
Stars:
Awards:
- 2 wins.
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Cast verified as complete
Groucho Marx | ... |
Otis B. Driftwood
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Chico Marx | ... |
Fiorello
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Harpo Marx | ... |
Tomasso
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Kitty Carlisle | ... |
Rosa Castaldi
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Allan Jones | ... |
Riccardo Barone
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Walter Woolf King | ... |
Rudolfo Lassparri
(as Walter King)
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Sig Ruman | ... |
Herman Gottlieb
(as Siegfried Rumann)
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Margaret Dumont | ... |
Mrs. Claypool
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Edward Keane | ... |
Ship's Captain
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Robert Emmett O'Connor | ... |
Police Sergeant Henderson
(as Robert Emmet O'Connor)
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Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
Enrique Acosta | ... |
Nightclub Guest (uncredited)
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Harry Adams | ... |
Opera Spectator (uncredited)
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Harry Allen | ... |
Doorman (uncredited)
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Sam Appel | ... |
Dungeon Guard (uncredited)
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King Baggot | ... |
Dignitary (uncredited)
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Marion Bell | ... |
Lady looking for 'Aunt Minnie' (uncredited)
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Edna Bennett | ... |
Maid (uncredited)
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Dolly Blackburn | ... |
Little Girl watching Harpo playing (uncredited)
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Stanley Blystone | ... |
Ship's Officer (uncredited)
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William A. Boardway | ... |
Backstage Guest (uncredited)
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Paul Bradley | ... |
Man on Dock (uncredited)
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Al Bridge | ... |
Immigration Inspector (uncredited)
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Loie Bridge | ... |
Ship Passenger (uncredited)
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Lorraine Bridges | ... |
Louisa (uncredited)
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Ettore Campana | ... |
Bit in 'I Pagliacci' (uncredited)
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Nina Campana | ... |
Bit in 'I Pagliacci' (uncredited)
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Jack Chefe | ... |
Opera Spectator (uncredited)
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Ruth Cherrington | ... |
Opera Spectator (uncredited)
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Alex Chivra | ... |
Shipboard Cook (uncredited)
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Martin Cichy | ... |
Policeman (uncredited)
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Gino Corrado | ... |
First Porter (uncredited)
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Gennaro Curci | ... |
Doorman (uncredited)
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Sidney D'Albrook | ... |
Stagehand (uncredited)
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Olga Dane | ... |
Azucena in "Il Trovatore" (uncredited)
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Bill Days | ... |
Singer in Chorus (uncredited)
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Gloria Delson | ... |
Child (uncredited)
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Mario Dominici | ... |
Ship Passenger (uncredited)
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Mike Donovan | ... |
Policeman (uncredited)
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Jay Eaton | ... |
Aviator (uncredited)
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Manuel Emanuel | ... |
Bit in 'I Pagliacci' (uncredited)
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Fanchon | ... |
Dancer (uncredited)
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Adolph Faylauer | ... |
Opera Spectator (uncredited)
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Tom Ferrandini | ... |
Opera Spectator (uncredited)
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Antonio Filauri | ... |
Bit in 'I Pagliacci' (uncredited)
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Harry Fleischmann | ... |
Policeman (uncredited)
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Bess Flowers | ... |
Ship Passenger (uncredited)
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Otto Fries | ... |
Otto - Elevator Operator (uncredited)
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Bud Geary | ... |
Stagehand (uncredited)
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Alexander Giglio | ... |
Bit in 'I Pagliacci' (uncredited)
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Billy Gilbert | ... |
Orchestra Member Asking Fiorello Not to Play Piano (uncredited)
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William Gould | ... |
Police Captain (uncredited)
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Helen Grayco | ... |
Girl watching Chico play Piano (uncredited)
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Julia Griffith | ... |
Opera Spectator (uncredited)
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George Guhl | ... |
Policeman (uncredited)
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Jonathan Hale | ... |
Stage Manager in Opera Box Who Announces Gottlieb's Disappearance (uncredited)
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Ben Hall | ... |
Stagehand (uncredited)
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Chuck Hamilton | ... |
Policeman (uncredited)
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Eddie Hart | ... |
Policeman (uncredited)
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Oscar 'Dutch' Hendrian | ... |
Stagehand (uncredited)
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Lew Hicks | ... |
Policeman (uncredited)
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Luther Hoobyar | ... |
Ruiz (uncredited)
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Art Howard | ... |
Opera Spectator (uncredited)
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Rodolfo Hoyos | ... |
Count di Luna (uncredited)
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George Irving | ... |
Committeeman (uncredited)
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Selmer Jackson | ... |
Committeeman (uncredited)
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Gwen Lee | ... |
Driftwood's Dining Companion (uncredited)
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Jack 'Tiny' Lipson | ... |
Engineer's Assistant (uncredited)
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Wilbur Mack | ... |
Committeeman (uncredited)
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Tandy MacKenzie | ... |
Tenor in 'Di quella pira' (uncredited)
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Tom Mahoney | ... |
Police Sergeant (uncredited)
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Fred Malatesta | ... |
Stagehand (uncredited)
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Jerry Mandy | ... |
Second Porter (uncredited)
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Marco | ... |
Dancer (uncredited)
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Alphonse Martell | ... |
Ship Officer / Opera Spectator (uncredited)
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Francisco Marán | ... |
Opera Doorman (uncredited)
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Charles McAvoy | ... |
Policeman (uncredited)
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Tom McGuire | ... |
Policeman (uncredited)
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Frank McLure | ... |
Manager's Assistant (uncredited)
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Edmund Mortimer | ... |
Dignitary (uncredited)
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James C. Morton | ... |
Opera Spectator (uncredited)
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George Nardelli | ... |
Ship Passenger (uncredited)
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Field Norton | ... |
Manager's Assistant (uncredited)
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Alex Novinsky | ... |
Ship Passenger (uncredited)
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Wedgwood Nowell | ... |
Ship Passenger (uncredited)
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Gene O'Brien | ... |
Piano scene with Harpo (uncredited)
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William H. O'Brien | ... |
Stagehand (uncredited)
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William J. O'Brien | ... |
Opera Spectator (uncredited)
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Inez Palange | ... |
Maid (uncredited)
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Claude Payton | ... |
Police Captain (uncredited)
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Lee Phelps | ... |
Policeman at opera (uncredited)
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Alexander Pollard | ... |
Committee Man (uncredited)
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Russ Powell | ... |
Carriage Driver (uncredited)
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Purnell Pratt | ... |
Mayor (uncredited)
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Hal Price | ... |
Stagehand (uncredited)
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Rita | ... |
Dancer (uncredited)
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Ronald R. Rondell | ... |
Opera Spectator (uncredited)
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Milton Royce | ... |
Ship Passenger / Opera Spectator (uncredited)
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Rubin | ... |
Dancer (uncredited)
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Annette Ruderman | ... |
Girl in Ballroom (uncredited)
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Alexander Schoenberg | ... |
Violinist in Orchestra (uncredited)
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Earl Seaman | ... |
Undetermined Role (uncredited)
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Scott Seaton | ... |
Backstage Guest (uncredited)
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Rolfe Sedan | ... |
Aviator (uncredited)
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Evelyn Selbie | ... |
Fortune Teller (uncredited)
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Bruce Sidney | ... |
Ship Passenger / Opera Spectator (uncredited)
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Phillips Smalley | ... |
Committeeman (uncredited)
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Stephen Soldi | ... |
Ship's Steward (uncredited)
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John St. Polis | ... |
Opera Conductor (uncredited)
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Count Stefenelli | ... |
Man at Launch (uncredited)
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Leo Sulky | ... |
Policeman (uncredited)
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Ludovico Tomarchio | ... |
Bit in 'I Pagliacci' (uncredited)
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Harry Tyler | ... |
Sign Painter (uncredited)
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Ellinor Vanderveer | ... |
Shipboard Dinner Party Guest / Opera Spectator (uncredited)
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Harry 'Zoup' Welsh | ... |
Ship's Steward (uncredited)
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Leo White | ... |
Aviator (uncredited)
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James J. Wolf | ... |
Ferrando in 'Il Trovatore' (uncredited)
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Frank Yaconelli | ... |
Engineer (uncredited)
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Directed by
Sam Wood | ||
Edmund Goulding | ... | (uncredited) |
Written by
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
Irving Thalberg | ... | executive producer (uncredited) |
Music by
Herbert Stothart |
Cinematography by
Merritt B. Gerstad | ... | (photographed by) |
Editing by
William LeVanway | ... | film editor |
Art Direction by
Cedric Gibbons |
Makeup Department
Robert J. Schiffer | ... | makeup artist (uncredited) |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Lesley Selander | ... | assistant director (uncredited) |
Art Department
Ben Carré | ... | associate art director (as Ben Carre) |
Edwin B. Willis | ... | associate art director |
Harry Albiez | ... | props (uncredited) |
Sound Department
Douglas Shearer | ... | recording director |
James Brock | ... | sound mixer (uncredited) |
William Steinkamp | ... | sound re-recordist (uncredited) |
Michael Steinore | ... | sound editor (uncredited) |
Stunts
Vincent Lawler | ... | stunt double: harpo marx (uncredited) |
Camera and Electrical Department
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
Dolly Tree | ... | wardrobe |
Eugene Joseff | ... | costume jeweller (uncredited) |
Music Department
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
Chester Hale | ... | dances by |
Howard Dietz | ... | publicist (uncredited) |
George S. Kaufman | ... | dialogue director (uncredited) |
Enrico Ricardi | ... | whistling double: Harpo Marx (uncredited) |
Production Companies
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (presents) (controlled by Loew's Incorporated)
Distributors
- 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)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- Motion Picture Producers and Distributors Association of America (approved: certificate no. 1613)
- Western Electric (sound system)
Storyline
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 |
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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 » |
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Parents Guide | View content advisory » |
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Box Office
Cumulative Worldwide Gross | $3,956,700 |
Did You Know?
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 » |