DVD Features:- Commentary by Leonard Maltin
- All-New Documentary Remarks on Marx
- Groucho Marx on "The Hy Gardner Show" (1961 Broadcast)
- 2 Vintage Shorts: Sunday Night at the Trocadero and Robert Benchley's Academy Award-Winning How to Sleep
- Theatrical Trailer
- Subtitles in English, French & Spanish
- Rated: Not Rated
- Closed captioning available
- Run Time: 1 hours, 32 minutes
- Video: Black & White
- Released: July 3, 2012
- Originally Released: 1935
- Label: Warner Home Video
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Packaging: Keep Case
- Aspect Ratio: Full Frame - 1.33
- Audio:
- Additional Release Material:
- Additional Scenes
- Audio Commentary
Performers, Cast and Crew:
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Starring
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The Marx Brothers
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Performer:
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Kitty Carlisle,
Allan Jones,
Sig Ruman,
Walter Woolf King,
Margaret Dumont,
Edward Keane,
Gino Corrado,
Claude Payton,
Samuel Marx,
Billy Gilbert,
Luther Hoobyar,
Olga Dane,
James J. Wolf,
Inez Palange,
Jonathan Hale,
Otto Fries,
William Gould,
Jay Eaton,
Leo White,
Rolfe Sedan,
George Irving,
Wilbur Mack,
Selmer Jackson,
Phillips Smalley,
Harry Tyler,
Harry Allen,
Al Bridge,
Lorraine Bridges,
Jack Lipson,
Robert Emmett O'Connor &
Frank Yaconelli
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Directed by
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Sam Wood
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Edited by
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William Le Vanway
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Screenwriting by
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George S. Kaufman,
Morrie Ryskind,
Al Boasberg,
Bert Kalmar,
Harry Ruby &
James Kevin McGuinness
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Composition by
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Herbert Stothart
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Art Direction by
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Ben Carre
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Produced by
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Irving Thalberg
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Director of Photography:
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Merritt Gerstad
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Description by OLDIES.com:
Arts patron Mrs. Claypool intends to pay pompous opera star Lassparri $1,000 per performance. Hey, maybe that's why they call it grand opera! Grand comedy, too, as Groucho, Chico and Harpo cram a ship's stateroom and more with wall-to-wall gags, one-liners, musical riffs and two hard-boiled eggs - all while skewering Lassparri's schemes and helping two young hopfuls (Kitty Carlisle and Allan Jones) get a break. To save the opera, our heroes must first destroy it. And they must also gain ocean passage as stowaways, pull the wool (if not the beards) over the eyes of City Hall, shred legal mumbo-jumbo into a Sanity Clause, pester dowager Claypool (Margaret Dumont) and unleash so much glee that many say this is the best Marx Brothers movie. Seeing is believing.
Product Description:
While DUCK SOUP has risen to become emblematic of the Marx Brothers at their zaniest, A NIGHT AT THE OPERA represents the brothers at their finest. Under the inspired supervision of the boy genius Irving Thalberg, the script was penned by two of Hollywood's wittiest screenwriters, George Kaufman and Morrie Ryskind; the production values are substantially greater than in previous Marx Brothers works; the romantic leads, Kitty Carlisle and Allan Jones, are charming, first-rate stars; the supporting cast, led by Margaret Dumont, Sig Rumann, and Herman Gottlieb, turn in excellent performances; and the bent of the humor is honed from the surreal to a pointed attack on the lifestyles of the wealthy. The circuslike stateroom scene is among the funniest in motion-picture history. Harpo's performance of the hit song "Alone" is perhaps his finest harp solo. Directed by Sam Wood, A NIGHT AT THE OPERA was the Marx Brothers' greatest commercial and critical success.
Plot Keywords:
Buddies |
Classic |
Essential Cinema |
Recommended |
Slapstick |
Vintage
Production Notes:
- A NIGHT AT THE OPERA was added to the Library of Congress National Film Registry in 1993.
- With their most recent films fairing poorly at the box office, the Marx Brothers had been released by Paramount. This might have proved to be the end of their career, but they were picked up by MGM largely because Chico Marx and Irving Thalberg were good friends.
- A NIGHT AT THE OPERA was the brothers' first film without Zeppo, who had left the group to become an agent.
- The comic pieces in the film were fine-tuned via live performances. For eight weeks before shooting began, the cast and writers toured the country, presenting performances and altering the bits in response to the reception from various audiences.
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Product Info:
- Sales Rank: 620
- UPC: 012569596924
- Shipping Weight: 0.16/lbs (approx)
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