A Night at the Opera (1935)

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A Night at the Opera (1935) is a classic Marx Brothers comedy film renowned for its fast-paced wit, musical set pieces, and status as one of the greatest screen comedies of Hollywood’s Golden Age.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Marx Brothers film
comedy film
film
basedOn story by James Kevin McGuinness
blackAndWhite true
cinematographyBy Merritt B. Gerstad NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
criticalReputation considered one of the greatest screen comedies
director Sam Wood
distributor Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
editedBy Blanche Sewell
famousFor elaborate musical set pieces
fast-paced verbal wit
stateroom crowding gag
featuresCharacter Fiorello
Mrs. Claypool
Otis B. Driftwood
Ricardo Baroni
Rosa Castaldi
Tomasso
followedBy A Day at the Races
genre comedy
musical comedy
hasTheme romantic subplot between young opera singers
satire of high society and grand opera
marks first Marx Brothers film for MGM
MPAARating Passed (pre-MPAA code rating era)
musicBy Herbert Stothart
notableScene contract scene with the sanity clause
stateroom scene on the ocean liner
originalLanguage English
precededBy Duck Soup
previousStudioForMarxBrothers Paramount Pictures
producer Irving Thalberg
productionCompany Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
releaseDate 1935-11-15
releaseYear 1935
runtimeMinutes 96
screenwriter George S. Kaufman
Morrie Ryskind
setInPeriod 1930s
starring Allan Jones
Chico Marx
Groucho Marx
Harpo Marx
Kitty Carlisle
Margaret Dumont
studioEra Hollywood Golden Age
title A Night at the Opera

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Irving Thalberg notableWork A Night at the Opera (1935)
Douglass Dumbrille notableWork A Night at the Opera (1935)
this entity surface form: The Marx Brothers film "A Night at the Opera"