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Groucho Marx, Margaret Dumont, Chico Marx, and Harpo Marx stand together in formal and comedic costumes, surrounded by police officers, in a scene from A Night at the Opera.
A Night at the Opera (Foreground, from left to right) Groucho Marx, Margaret Dumont, Chico Marx, and Harpo Marx in A Night at the Opera (1935), directed by Sam Wood.

A Night at the Opera

film by Wood [1935]
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A Night at the Opera, American screwball comedy film, released in 1935, that is widely considered the Marx Brothersā€™ greatest production. It was their first film after leaving Paramount Pictures for MGM and the first Marx Brothersā€™ movie not to include Zeppo Marx. The madcap film takes aim at stuffy opera lovers and the nouveau riche with equal aplomb. Otis B. Driftwood, a theatrical agent of dubious morals (played by Groucho Marx), is hired by...

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