The backstage finish, with Harpo doing a Tarzan on the fly ropes, contains more action than the Marxes usually go in for, but it relieves the strictly verbal comedy and provides a sock exit.
A Night at the Opera
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1935 · 1h 31m · Approved
Comedy, Music
Directed by
Sam Wood
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A Night at the Opera
Overview
The Marx Brothers take on high society and the opera world to bring two lovers together. A sly business manager and two wacky friends of two opera singers help them achieve success while humiliating their stuffy and snobbish enemies.
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Never was a director more aptly named than Sam Wood: his movies are redwood forests of unrelieved monotony.
The loudest and funniest screen comedy of the Winter season.
The Brothers get to perform some of their most irresistible routines.
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