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A Night at the Opera (1935) A sly business manager and the wacky friends of two opera singers in Italy help them achieve

A Night at the Opera (1935)

A sly business manager and the wacky friends of two opera singers in Italy help them achieve success in America while humiliating their stuffy and snobbish enemies.

Cast:
Otis B. Driftwood: Groucho Marx
Fiorello: Chico Marx
Tomasso: Harpo Marx
Rosa Castaldi: Kitty Carlisle
Riccardo Barone: Allan Jones
Rudolfo Lassparri: Walter Woolf King
Herman Gottlieb: Sig Ruman
Mrs. Claypool: Margaret Dumont
Ship's Captain: Edward Keane
Police Sergeant Henderson: Robert Emmett O'Connor
Nightclub Guest: Enrique Acosta
Opera Spectator: Ronald R. Rondell
Doorman: Gennaro Curci
Dungeon Guard: Sam Appel
Dignitary: Edmund Mortimer
Lady looking for 'Aunt Minnie': Marion Bell
Maid: Inez Palange
Little Girl watching Harpo playing: Dolly Blackburn
Ship's Officer: Stanley Blystone
Backstage Guest: Scott Seaton
Man on Dock: Paul Bradley
Immigration Inspector: Al Bridge
Ship Passenger: Bruce Sidney
Louisa: Lorraine Bridges
Bit in 'I Pagliacci': Ludovico Tomarchio
Shipboard Cook: Alex Chivra
Policeman: Leo Sulky
First Porter: Gino Corrado
Stagehand: Hal Price
Azucena in "Il Trovatore": Olga Dane
Singer in Chorus: Bill Days
Aviator: Leo White
Dancer:
Otto - Elevator Operator: Otto Fries
Orchestra Member Asking Fiorello Not to Play Piano: Billy Gilbert
Police Captain: Claude Payton
Girl watching Chico play Piano: Helen Grayco
Stage Manager in Opera Box Who Announces Gottlieb's Disappearance: Jonathan Hale
Ruiz: Luther Hoobyar
Count di Luna: Rodolfo Hoyos
Committeeman: Phillips Smalley
Driftwood's Dining Companion: Gwen Lee
Engineer's Assistant: Jack 'Tiny' Lipson
Tenor in 'Di quella pira': Tandy MacKenzie
Police Sergeant: Tom Mahoney
Second Porter: Jerry Mandy
Ship Officer: Alphonse Martell
Opera Doorman: Francisco Marán
Manager's Assistant: Field Norton
Piano scene with Harpo: Gene O'Brien
Policeman at opera: Lee Phelps
Committee Man: Alexander Pollard
Carriage Driver: Russ Powell
Mayor: Purnell Pratt
Girl in Ballroom: Annette Ruderman
Violinist in Orchestra: Alexander Schoenberg
Undetermined Role: Earl Seaman
Fortune Teller: Evelyn Selbie
Ship's Steward: Harry 'Zoup' Welsh
Opera Conductor: John St. Polis
Man at Launch: Count Stefenelli
Sign Painter: Harry Tyler
Shipboard Dinner Party Guest: Ellinor Vanderveer
Ferrando in 'Il Trovatore': James J. Wolf
Engineer: Frank Yaconelli

Written by: George S. Kaufman, Morrie Ryskind, James Kevin McGuinness

Director: Sam Wood, Edmund Goulding

Production: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Release date: 15 Nov 1935

Box Office: $2,537,520
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