A Night at the Opera

Year:

1935

Duration:

96 min | USA:91 min (1948 re-release)

Genres:

Comedy | Music | Musical

IMDB rate:

8.1

Director:

Sam Wood

Awards:

1 win

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1935-11-15

Filming Locations: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA

Cast

Actor

Character

Groucho Marx

A Night at the Opera

Chico Marx

Fiorello

Harpo Marx

Tomasso

Kitty Carlisle

Rosa

Allan Jones

Ricardo

Walter Woolf King

Lassparri

Sig Ruman

Gottlieb

Margaret Dumont

Mrs. Claypool

Edward Keane

Captain

Robert Emmett O'Connor

Henderson

Enrique Acosta

Nightclub Guest (uncredited)

Harry Allen

Doorman (uncredited)

Sam Appel

Dungeon Guard (uncredited)

King Baggot

Dignitary (uncredited)

Marion Bell

Singer (uncredited)

Edna Bennett

Maid (uncredited)

Stanley Blystone

Ship's Officer (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)

Mario Dominici

Ship Passenger (uncredited)

Mike Donovan

Cop (uncredited)

Jay Eaton

Aviator (uncredited)

Manuel Emanuel

Bit in 'I Pagliacci' (uncredited)

Ruth Fanchon

Dancer (uncredited)

Adolph Faylauer

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)

Julia Griffith

Opera Spectator (uncredited)

George Guhl

Policeman (uncredited)

Jonathan Hale

Stage Manager in Opera Box Who Announces Gottlieb's Disappearance

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

Selmer Jackson

Committeeman

Gwen Lee

Driftwood's Dining Companion (uncredited)

Jack 'Tiny' Lipson

Engineer's Assistant (uncredited)

Wilbur Mack

Committeeman

Tandy MacKenzie

Tenor in 'Di quella pira' (uncredited)

Tom Mahoney

Police Sergeant (uncredited)

Fred Malatesta

Stagehand (uncredited)

Jerry Mandy

Second Porter (uncredited)

Alphonse Martell

Ship Officer / Opera Spectator (uncredited)

Francisco Marán

Opera Doorman (uncredited)

Charles McAvoy

Policeman (uncredited)

Frank McClure

Manager's Assistant (uncredited)

Tom McGuire

Policeman (uncredited)

Edmund Mortimer

Dignitary (uncredited)

James C. Morton

Opera Spectator (uncredited)

Field Norton

Manager's Assistant (uncredited)

Alex Novinsky

Ship Passenger (uncredited)

Wedgwood Nowell

Ship Passenger (uncredited)

William H. O'Brien

Stagehand (uncredited)

William J. O'Brien

Opera Spectator (uncredited)

Inez Palange

Maid (uncredited)

Claude Payton

Police Captain (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)

Rolfe Sedan

Aviator (uncredited)

Evelyn Selbie

Fortune Teller (uncredited)

Bruce Sidney

Ship Passenger / Opera Spectator (uncredited)

Phillips Smalley

Committeeman

Stephen Soldi

Ship's Steward (uncredited)

John St. Polis

Conductor, New York Opera (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)

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."

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The first film of The Marx Brothers that doesn't have Zeppo Marx.

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A persistent rumor involves the presence of The Marx Brothers' father, Sam Marx (aka "Frenchie"), in the film as the ship leaves dock. He is not in this film - he died in 1933. The rumor came about because he had a cameo in a similar scene in Monkey Business (1931).

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Goofs

During the antics on stage during the opera, a battleship backdrop falls into the scene. But just seconds later, the battleship backdrop has vanished.

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When Otis Driftwood is sitting on top of the steamer trunk being pushed by the porter and has the porter stop in front of Rosa's cabin so he can go inside, he's wearing a hat. In the next shot, from inside Rosa's room as he enters it, he's not wearing a hat. When he leaves Rosa's room and goes to Mrs. Claypool's room he's still not wearing a hat, but after he leaves Mrs. Claypool's room and we cut to the next scene which is Driftwood entering his stateroom, he's wearing a hat again.

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When Otis Driftwood arrives at his "suite" on the boat, the first time he enters, the room is small. And in the next shots of the room, we see that the room is a little bigger. The pipe that's in the room is closer to the back wall in the first version of the room, and more in the middle in the second version. There's also a 2 light wall sconce in the big room that doesn't appear in the small one.

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Quotes

Mrs. Claypool: If you had any real feeling for me you'd stop associating with the kind of riffraff I've seen you going around with.

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Otis B. Driftwood: [at the opera] Well, who's ahead?

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Otis B. Driftwood: That woman? Do you know why I sat with her? Because she reminded me of you.

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Faq

Q

How much was $9.40 worth when this film was made?

A

$9.40, adjusted for inflation, is worth roughly $160 in today's currency.

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