Thalberg and George S. Kaufman spent days in the editing room, adjusting the timing to match the rhythm of a stage performance. For each With an encyclopedic knowledge of opera and a delightful dash of irreverence, Sir Denis Forman throws open the world of opera--its structure, composers, conductors, and artists--in this hugely informative guide. Use the HTML below. [15] While the print does not contain the opening musical number, it does contain several excised lines referencing Italy that had been cut sometime after the film's original release. What a "Night"! 2. The Marx Brothers Inspired The Title. The boys decide to seek revenge by sabotaging the opening night performance of Il trovatore climaxing with the abduction of Lassparri, which forces Gottlieb into substituting Ricardo and Rosa in his place. Thalberg's logic was that the Marxes could get "twice the box office with half the laughs", believing their films would attract a wider audience. No doubt that "A Night at the Opera" is right up there with "Duck Soup" as the best Marx Brothers movie. The Marx Brothers come to the rescue in the Wild West when a young man, trying to settle an old family feud so he can marry the girl he loves, runs afoul of crooks. The targets of their mischief were largely confined to clear villains. In A Night at the Opera, each of the brothers' characters was refined: Groucho was somewhat less nonsensical, and less trouble; Chico became less of a scammer and gained some intelligence; Harpo became less mischievous and more sympathetic. Which of the top 35 rated musicals is your favorite? One evening the Marx Brothers threw away the script and ad-libbed the whole thing. It turned up years later, however, in a re-release trailer for the film.[7][8]. The hapless villains are the funniest Marx foils ever, and the finale is just uproarious. "[23] Mark Bourne concurs: "[The Marx Brothers] still let the air out of stuffed shirts and barbecue a few sacred cows, but something got lost in all that MGMness when the screen's ultimate anti-authoritarian team starting working the Andy Hardy side of the street. Thanks to Marion and Nicholas, Mozart and Ingmar Bergman have joined our meetings. Chico and Harpo have some inspired moments, such as their gleeful butchering of "Il Travotore" (sp?). Carlisle and Jones were both trained in operatic singing and provided their own singing voices in the film. In an interview with Richard J. Anobile in The Marx Brothers Scrapbook, Groucho said he was so appalled by an early draft of the script—which was apparently written by Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby—that he shouted, "Why fuck around with second-rate talent, get Kaufman and Ryskind [to write the screenplay]!" Presented in partnership with Seattle Opera. Driftwood arrives and finds Lassparri attacking Tomasso, his dresser (Harpo), who knocks Lassparri unconscious by hitting him over the head with a mallet. A Night at the Opera was certified 3x platinum by the RIAA on November 14, 2002. This unique opening was created, but not used in the released film because MGM studio head Louis B. Mayer felt the parody would cheapen the respected trademark. A Night at the Opera dissects the eighty-three most popular operas recorded on compact disc, from Cilea's Adriana Lecouvreur to Mozart's Die Zauberflöte. Written by At the suggestion of producer Irving Thalberg, the film marked a change of direction in the brothers' career. The film is filled with jabs at the upper class and double entendres courtesy of Groucho. According to MGM's dialogue cutting continuity and Leonard Maltin's audio commentary on the current DVD release, the film originally began (after the opening credits) with the image of a "boat on canal". Driftwood: You better make them short, it's getting crowded in here. That's what they call a sanity clause. "AFI's 100 Years...100 Movie Quotes Nominees", "AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition)", New Adventures of Get Rich Quick Wallingford, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=A_Night_at_the_Opera_(film)&oldid=1016708432, United States National Film Registry films, Short description is different from Wikidata, Wikipedia articles with CANTIC identifiers, Wikipedia articles with SUDOC identifiers, Wikipedia articles with WorldCat-VIAF identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, a friendship existing between the romantic couple and Chico, Chico and Groucho going through an extensive verbal routine, Harpo joining as Chico's partner (or brother), lush surroundings as a backdrop to the brothers' lunacy, a rebound on a grand scale in which everything is righted, Otis B. Driftwood: "It's alright, that's in every contract. As a result, a weak scene was transformed into one of their all-time classics. A Night At The Opera soared to No.4 on the Billboard album chart and “Bohemian Rhapsody” became the band’s first top-ten single on the Hot 100 while Queen were touring America. Picked Your Plan. Fiorello: Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha! Last night we watched scenes from Ingmar Bergman’s cinematic production of Mozart’s The Magic Flute; We discussed the relationship of Mozart’s masterpiece to The Fairy Tale by Goethe A Night at the Opera established a basic formula that was utilized in every subsequent film the Marx Brothers made at MGM: Contemporary reviews were positive. Driftwood calls a steward ("I say, Stew") and orders dinner. When she discovers him seated directly behind her, Driftwood joins Mrs. Claypool, and introduces her to Herman Gottlieb (Sig Ruman), director of the New York Opera Company, also dining at the restaurant. Fiorello: Well, I don't know... During the Florida land boom, The Marx Brothers run a hotel, auction off some land, thwart a jewel robbery, and generally act like themselves. It was the first of five films the Marx Brothers made under contract for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer after their departure from Paramount Pictures, and the first after Zeppo left the act. The Marx Brothers are employed at a hotel in postwar Casablanca, where a ring of Nazis is trying to recover a cache of stolen treasure. And You Attack. "), a ship's engineer and his fat assistant, a young woman passenger using the phone to call her Aunt Minnie, a maid (Maid: "I come to mop up." Two lovers who are both in opera are prevented from being together by the man's lack of acceptance as an operatic tenor. The three stowaways have to hide out in the room while a parade of people walk in, asking to either use the cabin, or to perform their regular duties. A: A Night at the Opera is a delightful cornucopia of diverse musical genres that combine to create a one-of-a-kind listening experience. … Backstage at the opera house, chorister Ricardo Baroni (Allan Jones) hires his best friend Fiorello (Chico) to be his manager. Pulling several typical Marx Brothers' stunts, they arrange for the normal tenor to be absent so that the young lover can get his chance. Quincy Adams Wagstaff, the new president of Huxley University, accidentally hires bumblers Baravelli and Pinky to help his school win the big football game against the rival Darwin University. (1935). Some of the others were pretty good. A veterinarian posing as a doctor and a race-horse owner and his friends struggle to help keep a sanitarium open with the help of a misfit race-horse. The film was directed by Sam Wood. Check out our editors' picks for the movies and shows we're excited about this month, like Mortal Kombat, "Them," and Stowaway. The film dives straight into a plot and accompanying comedy, with every scene having a clear beginning, middle, and end. In fact, "ANatO" is said to be Groucho's favorite; he even called his previous films "duds"! Both Groucho and Harpo stated this as fact in their memoirs,[13][14] and Leonard Maltin repeats it in the DVD commentary. Certificate: Passed Which is your favorite? In the scene where the three stowaways are impersonating "the three greatest aviators in the world", Driftwood seems to talk gibberish with the dignitaries. The film originally was to have begun with each of the Marx Brothers taking turns roaring instead of Leo the Lion (MGM's iconic mascot); Harpo was to have honked his horn. The contract scene between Driftwood and Fiorello ("the party of the first part ..."): Fiorello: Hey, wait, wait. Fiorello appears and identifies himself as the manager of the "greatest tenor in the world". Andre Sennwald of The New York Times wrote, "If 'A Night at the Opera' is a trifle below their best, it is also considerably above the standard of laughter that has been our portion since they quit the screen. [7], A persistent rumor concerning A Night at the Opera involves the presence of the Marx Brothers' father Sam Marx (also known as "Frenchy") on the ship and on the dock, waving goodbye. [1] Driftwood plans a rendezvous with Mrs. Claypool in his stateroom. The film was written by George S. Kaufman and Morrie Ryskind from a story by James Kevin McGuinness, with additional uncredited dialogue by Al Boasberg. 28 of 31 people found this review helpful. Meanwhile, Ricardo is reunited with Rosa after climbing in the window of her hotel room. For each opera, Sir Denis details the plot and cast of characters, awarding stars to parts that are “worth looking out … Driftwood: Oh, that? Whereas their previous comedies at Paramount Pictures consisted of a constant barrage of zany, free-for-all jokes sandwiched in between something resembling a plot, A Night at the Opera was calculated comedy. A Night at the Opera is the 78th and the last episode of Season 1, and was remade as the thirty-seventh episode for Season 7 under the title Oggy at the Opera. Another idea which Thalberg consented to, was that before filming would commence on an upcoming picture, the Marx Brothers would try out the new material on the vaudeville stage, working on comic timing and learning which jokes and gags earned a laugh and which did not. Pulling several typical Marx Brothers' stunts, they arrange for the normal tenor to be absent so that the young lover can get his chance. In two different interviews with Dick Cavett on The Dick Cavett Show – Comic Legends DVD, Groucho claimed that that exchange of dialogue was banned in a majority of states when the film was released because it was too suggestive, although the number of states varied with different tellings of the story. In less than three years, with four albums, Queen has risen from the heavy-metal minor leagues to a position approaching that of Led Zeppelin and Deep Purple. [23] Ken Hanke calls it "hysterical, but not up to the boys' Paramount films. A Night at the Opera. As fans of the Marx Brothers' filmography, it seemed to make … A Night at the Opera It took Irving Thalberg and the brothers hours to cut and paste the scene back together. 1 VIDEO | 130 IMAGES. Comedy. In Milan, Otis B. Driftwood (Groucho), business manager for wealthy dowager Mrs. Claypool (Margaret Dumont) has stood her up and is having dinner with another woman in the very same restaurant. A Hollywood director, John L Sullivan, sets out to experience life as a poor, homeless person in order to gain relevant life experience for his next movie. A Night at the Opera is a 1935 American comedy film starring the Marx Brothers, and featuring Kitty Carlisle, Allan Jones, Margaret Dumont, Sig Ruman, and Walter Woolf King. A detective is hired to protect the life of a singer, who has recently inherited a department store, from the store's crooked manager. The audience clearly prefers Ricardo over Lassparri, and the latter is booed and hit with an apple after he is untied and attempts to return to the stage. Early shows 1970-1973 Queen I 1973 Queen II 1974 Sheer Heart Attack 1974-1975 A Night At The Opera 1975-1976 Summer 1976 Day At The Races (world) 1977 Day At The Races (EU) 1977 News Of The World 1977 News Of The World 1978 Jazz 1978 Live Killers 1979 Crazy tour 1979 The Game (world) 1980 The Game (EU) 1980 Japan 1981 S. America Bites The Dust 1981 Gluttons For Punishment 1981 We Will … To those purists, I say: Lighten up! Northwest African American Museum and Seattle Opera present “A Night at the Opera: Celebrating Black Voices". It helped that the film contained some of what fans consider to be among the brothers' funniest and most memorable routines. In his autobiography, Groucho and Me, he wrote of the Marx Brothers' 13 films, "Two were far above average. Sort of like how a glitzy champagne night out and a symphonically bellowing overture can come crashing down at the first shrieking soprano, it’s a sappy side plot of operatic thespians that nearly crushes this Marx Brothers classic. You can't fool me. The modern opera, as we know it, has been around for over four hundred years. The main problem with A Night at the Opera is the obvious lack of the Marx Brothers' trademark anarchy. **Due to winter storm warnings, this event has been rescheduled for March 20 at 7:30pm. George S. Kaufman and Morrie Ryskind have given them a resounding slapstick to play with and they wield it with maniacal delight. Passed | 1h 36min | Comedy, Music, Musical | 15 November 1935 (USA) 2:18 | Trailer. A superimposed title read, "ITALY – WHERE THEY SING ALL DAY AND GO TO THE OPERA AT NIGHT", and was followed by a musical number featuring bits and pieces from Leoncavallo's Pagliacci performed by "everyday" Italians: a street sweeper sings part of the prologue ("Un nido di memorie...") as he greets a man who then hands out opera tickets to a group of children emerging from a store; the children respond with "la-la-la-la-la, verso un paese strano" (from "Stridono lassù"); a "captain" comes down a set of steps, salutes a sentry, then bursts into "Vesti la giubba"; then, a lap dissolve into a hotel lobby, where a "baggage man" is rolling a trunk and crooning about "nettare divino" ("divine nectar"); a waiter joins the baggage man in song, enters the dining room, and sings as he serves a man who for a few notes also sings; the waiter then crosses the dining room to speak to Mrs. Claypool (Margaret Dumont), marking the beginning of the film in existing copies. List of National Film Registry (1988-2003). Driftwood's dinner companion giggles out loud, The Criterion Channel and Mubi Unveil April 2021 Lineups, Read First Reactions to a Movie from 1906 and Other Gems from Rotten Tomatoes’ New Classic Film Archive, 25 Films That Defined Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Rufus T. Firefly is named president/dictator of bankrupt Freedonia and declares war on neighboring Sylvania over the love of wealthy Mrs. Teasdale. Though some Marx Brothers fans disliked these changes, Thalberg was vindicated when the film became a solid hit. A Night at the Opera (1935), a musical comedy, is the sixth of thirteen Marx Brothers feature films.A Night at the Opera is universally considered to be the Marx Brothers' best and most popular film, and it received critical acclaim when released. In 2008, a film student reported that the Hungarian National Film Archive possesses a longer print of the film. OPERA’S GREATEST HITS. The Marx Brothers try to help the owner of a circus recover some stolen funds before he finds himself out of a job. In his commentary, Maltin repeats an assertion originally made by Glenn Mitchell in The Marx Brothers Encyclopedia[9] that the scene was cut during World War II to remove references to Italy. A Night at the Opera is the fourth studio album by the band, released on 21 November 1975 by EMI Records in the United Kingdom and Elektra Records in the United States. How much was $9.40 worth when this film was made? Driftwood: And two hard-boiled eggs. It’ll come as no surprise to anyone who has ever sat through an opera that the weakest parts of “A Night at the Opera” involve opera singers. [5]. After bidding farewell to Rosa at the pier, Ricardo, Fiorello, and Tomasso stow away inside Driftwood's steamer trunk. A Night At The Opera is a music studio album recording by QUEEN (Prog Related/Progressive Rock) released in 1975 on cd, lp / vinyl and/or cassette. It was produced by Roy Thomas Baker and Queen, and reportedly was, at the time of its release, the most expensive album ever made. Get a sneak peek of the new version of this page. Tomasso: (inside room): (honk) Crammed into this little space at the end of the scene are Driftwood, Fiorello, Tomasso, Ricardo, two cleaning ladies who make up the bed, a manicurist (Manicurist: Do you want your nails long or short? [8] The rumor arose because Frenchy had had such a cameo appearance in the Marx Brothers' earlier Monkey Business. Oh! A sly business manager and two wacky friends of two opera singers help them achieve success while humiliating their stuffy and snobbish enemies. "[19] "The comedy material is always good and sometimes brilliant", reported Variety. On a transatlantic crossing, The Marx Brothers get up to their usual antics and manage to annoy just about everyone on board the ship. This scene was written primarily by legendary gag man Al Boasberg. The film is recognized by American Film Institute in these lists: 1935 Marx Brothers film directed by Sam Wood, The nationality of the aviators is never identified. Prudence Upton. A Night at the Opera is the fourth studio album by the British rock band Queen, released on 21 November 1975 by EMI Records in the United Kingdom and by Elektra Records in the United States. There is, however, a reference to the Marx Brothers' mother, Minnie Marx, during the stateroom scene, in which a woman asks, "Is my Aunt Minnie in here?"[7]. The best two were made by Thalberg"—a reference not only to A Night at the Opera but A Day at the Races.[18]. Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Fiorello insists on eating ("We getta food or we don't go"). Some Marx-purists complain "ANatO" is when the brothers started to grow soft and their quality started to decline. Driftwood has arranged for Mrs. Claypool to invest $200,000 in the opera company, allowing Gottlieb to engage Rodolfo Lassparri (Walter Woolf King), the "greatest tenor since Caruso". Want Nothing, But Peace And Love. The album takes its name from the Marx Brothers film A Night at the Opera, which the band watched one night at … Don't miss this hilarious masterpiece. However, according to MPAA records,[10] the film was re-edited by MGM in 1938,[11] prior to the war, because of complaints from the Italian government that it "made fun of Italian people". "ANatO" is a wonderfully silly romp, and it's rather harmless, so kids can probably watch and enjoy it. Mezzo-soprano Rachel Wood and pianist MyungHee Chung perform “L’amour est un oiseau rebelle” from Carmen at the Department of Music “A Night at the Opera” fundraiser for student scholarships Mar. Fiorello: (inside room): And two hard-boiled eggs. All previously purchased tickets will be credited toward the new event date. Producer Irving Thalberg insisted on a strong story structure, making the Brothers more sympathetic characters, interweaving their comedy with romantic plots and non-comic spectacular musical numbers. This notable cut, with several other small ones made at about the same time, is why the stated running time of the film (95 minutes) was three minutes longer than that of existing prints. A penniless theatrical producer must outwit the hotel efficiency expert trying to evict him from his room, while securing a backer for his new play. Title: The UW-Whitewater Department of Music sang for scholarships in “A Night at the Opera” Tuesday, Mar. Driftwood, mistakenly thinking Fiorello is referring to Lassparri, signs Ricardo to a contract. Fiorello refuses to go until they've eaten, and eventually Driftwood's very small stateroom is crowded with an assortment of people. The opera setting also allowed MGM to add big production song numbers (which were one of this studio's specialties), such as the song Alone, with the departure of the steamship, and the song Cosi Cosa with the Italian buffet and dancing. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA. A Night at the Opera Lyrics. However, the discovery of the Hungarian print has not yet been independently verified, and Turner Entertainment, who owns the rights to the film, has not indicated that any restoration is forthcoming. It was the first of five films the Marx Brothers made under contract for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer after their departure from Paramount Pictures, and the first after Zeppo left the act. During a hero's welcome in New York, the stowaways' true identities are discovered and they hide out in Driftwood's hotel room, pursued by police sergeant Henderson (Robert Emmett O'Connor). View production, box office, & company info. Part of the concept of casting the Marx Brothers as stowaways on a ship was recycled from Monkey Business. Night at the Opera is all cloak and dagger and star-crossed lovers set against the opulent backdrop of a London season. Driftwood: "You'll have to start on the ceiling.") Driftwood: And two medium-boiled eggs. ", Mystery writer Jeffrey Cohen paid tribute to the stateroom scene in his novel, The film's script is credited as the basis for the 1992 film, The demented main character played by veteran horror actor, This page was last edited on 8 April 2021, at 17:16. "[22], The film holds a 97% "fresh" score at Rotten Tomatoes based on 69 reviews, with an average rating of 8.7/10. Driftwood discovers that Fiorello, Tomasso, and Ricardo have stowed away in his steamer trunk and discarded his clothes. Using the multi-layered guitars of its predecessor as a foundation, A Night at the Opera encompasses metal ("Death on Two Legs," "Sweet Lady"), pop (the lovely, shimmering "You're My Best Friend"), campy British music hall ("Lazing on a Sunday Afternoon," "Seaside Rendezvous"), and mystical prog rock ("'39," "The Prophet's Song"), eventually bringing it all together on the pseudo-operatic … That just says, it says, 'if any of the parties participating in this contract are shown not to be in their right mind, the entire agreement is automatically nullified'. [16], A Night at the Opera began a new era for the Marx Brothers' style of comedy. A sly business manager and two wacky friends of two opera singers help them achieve success while humiliating their stuffy and snobbish enemies. (See Stateroom scene below.). Driftwood: It's all right, that's in every contract. A Night At the Opera is quite the funniest, the most ambitious and the most entertaining of any of the Marx cinema offerings. A standalone sequence like the stateroom gag is basically a film within the film, building on the fact that the stowaways have been crammed into the smallest cabin on the boat, and adding to the crowd a manicurist, an engineer, a cleaner, and waiters bearing platters mostly of hard-boiled eggs. For one thing, instead of ridiculing romantic couples (the love story subplot plays a big part), they support them. A Night at the Opera dissects the eighty-three most popular operas recorded on compact disc, from Cilea's Adriana Lecouvreur to Mozart's Die Zauberflöte. Produced by Roy Thomas Baker and Queen, it was reportedly the most expensive album ever recorded at the time of its release. This continues until Fiorello and Tomasso each have ordered about a dozen hard-boiled eggs and Driftwood has ordered about everything else—including coffee to sober up some stewed prunes. This is just a set-up for the famous "Stateroom Scene", in which a total of 15 people crowd into Driftwood's tiny cabin. Album Credits Released by EMI Group Limited , Parlophone Records & Elektra Records "; Groucho replies, "I've never had any complaints yet." Actually it is English; if played backwards, it can be heard what they are saying ("This man is accusing you of being impostors", etc.). "[23], Roger Ebert admitted that, while A Night at the Opera "contains some of their best work", he "fast-forward[ed] over the sappy interludes involving Kitty Carlisle and Allan Jones. The famous stateroom scene is nothing short of brilliant, and you'll find yourself humming along to "Cosi Cosa" (I just wish the ballad "Alone" had been left, well, alone). 30's Film You Are Most Embarrassed to Have Not Seen (Popular and High Grossing), Rotten Tomatoes: Top Musical & Performing Arts Movies. View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 1975 Vinyl release of "A Night At The Opera" on Discogs. A Night at the Opera is the sixty-eighth episode of Jackie Chan Adventures. Fortunately, Queen got their money's worth—and then some. Thalberg, however, felt that this made the brothers unsympathetic, particularly to female filmgoers. His singing was dubbed by Metropolitan Opera tenor Tandy MacKenzie. [17] What was to become the famous "stateroom" scene was nearly eliminated because it was not getting any laughs. With the opening number still missing, it may be that this scene was cut before the subsequent edits were made. There's as much mystery in the romance as there is in the suspense and both are d The hint of intrigue, assistance rendered and a stolen kiss all cloaked in the shadows -- … 1 Synopsis 2 Characters 2.1 Protagonists 2.2 Antagonists 3 Voice Talent 4 Broadcast 5 Trivia Uncle's old opera troupe is in town, which leads to a reunion with an old friend. What does this say here, this thing here? A Night At The Opera. Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? So in the MGM films, the brothers were recast as more helpful characters, saving most of their comic attacks for the villains. Editors’ Notes Upon its 1975 release, A Night at the Opera was, reportedly, the most expensive album ever recorded. [17] Groucho himself agreed with Thalberg's rationale. 5) I’m In Love With My Car. The film ends with Driftwood and Fiorello attempting to negotiate another contract, as Rosa and Ricardo sing an encore. But why? Mayhem and zaniness ensue when a valuable painting goes missing during a party in honor of famed African explorer Captain Spaulding. B: A Night at the Opera is a bizarre barrage of incompatible sounds from a band focused more on providing thrill-based entertainment than artistic excellence. But this could not have occurred, because Sam Marx had died in 1933, during pre-production of Duck Soup, two years before A Night at the Opera was released. Sample:Mrs. Claypool: Do you have everything, Otis?Otis: I haven't had any complaints yet!The love story subplot isn't as nauseating as 1937's "A Day at the Races". Was this review helpful to you? The film was written by George S. Kaufman and Morrie Ryskind from a story by James Kevin McGuinness, with additional uncredited dialogue by Al Boasberg. They escape with help from Driftwood and are able to sneak into the country by assuming the identities of three famous bearded aviators,[n 1] who are traveling aboard the ship. Later, Lassparri spots the three stowaways among the immigrants on the ship, and they are caught and thrown into the brig. However, according to Oscar Levant, the first preview of the finished film in Long Beach was a "disaster", with "hardly a laugh" as was the second. A Night at the Opera (1935) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. "[24] Danel Griffin says: "A Night at the Opera is funny, but this is NOT the Marx Brothers, and their earlier style is so sorely missed that the film falls flat. The Marx Brothers take on high society. After being discovered, Driftwood tries to get the three of them to leave, as he is expecting a rendezvous with Mrs. Claypool. All of the foregoing tumble out into the hallway when Mrs. Claypool opens the door. Oh, that's the usual clause that's in every contract. There ain't no Sanity Clause! A Night At The Opera trades anarchy for structure, but discipline isn’t always an enemy to comedy. 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