PREVIOUSLY PLAYED
A NIGHT AT THE OPERA
12:30
Thursday, September 29
(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. 35mm. Approx. 92 mins.
Reviews
“ONE OF THE MOST RIOTOUS FILMS EVER MADE!”
– Time Out
“The crowded state room and bed-swapping sequences age wondrously…[the musical sequences] 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. We’re all richer for it.”
– Max Kyburz, Brooklyn Magazine
“One priceless comedy bit after another… this is as good as it gets.”
– Leonard Maltin