“One priceless comedy bit after another… this is as good as it gets. “The crowded state room and bed-swapping sequences age wondrously… involving the Marxes soar the celebrations aboard steerage pump Opera’s groundling-favoring heart.The Marxes may have been clean, but they dismantled elitism every chance they got. (1935, Sam Wood) The Three Marx Brothers run amok through Il Trovatore (inserting “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” into the score), to the dismayed stupefaction of opera mogul Sig Ruman and patron of the arts Margaret Dumont. – Joshua Rothkopf, Time Out A NIGHT AT THE OPERA “THE MARX BROS.’ MOST ANARCHIC FILM! The boys at their absolute zaniest, taking the piss out of politics one sight gag at a time.” “ Duck Soup’s debauched satire of petty warfare and monied politics has a potent resonance equaling its vaudevillian absurdity.” The later films (1935-1949) were produced under a handicap: The Hollywood Production Code. The earlier films were Pre-Code comedies.
It’s almost as funny as the five films (1929-1933) the Four Marx Brothers made at Paramount. MGM producer Irving Thalberg took the boys under his wing to produce two of their greatest films (the other being 'A Day At The Races'). ‘A Night at the Opera’ (1935) is the funniest film the Three Marx Brothers made at MGM. Firefly takes on Sylvania, while Chico hawks peanuts, Zeppo croons, and Harpo dives into the lemonade. A Night at the Opera (1935) Official Trailer - Marx Brothers Movie HD This was the Marxes' first film after leaving Paramount (well, after being pushed out).
(1933, Leo McCarey) Making the world safe for Marxism, Groucho’s Freedonian President Rufus T.
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