History Film / ANightAtTheOpera

* {{Gaslighting}}: When the team finally reaches america, they move beds from one room to the other to anger the detective and drive him batty.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar:
-->'''Driftwood: ''' You're willing to pay him a thousand dollars a night just for singing? Why, you can get a phonograph record of 'Minnie the Moocher' for 75 cents." (Pause) For a buck and a quarter, you can get Minnie.

->''And now, on with the opera. Let joy be unconfined. Let there be dancing in the streets, drinking in the saloons, and necking in the parlor. Play, Don.''

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* AtTheOperaTonight

->''And now, on with the opera. Let joy be unconfined. Let there be dancing in the streets, drinking in the saloons, and necking in the parlor. [[TheJackBennyShow Play, Don.]]''

Not to be confused with the Music/{{Queen}} album, ''Music/ANightAtTheOpera (1975)'' which was named after the movie. (Or with the Music/BlindGuardian album, which was named after the Queen album.)

'''''A Night at the Opera''''' was a 1935 MarxBrothers film, the first made in their switch from Paramount to MGM. Promised a free rein but [[ExecutiveMeddling forced by producer Irving Thalberg]] to focus the chaos against [[ComedicSociopathy the bad guys who deserve the mistreatment]], ''Opera'' became the largest box-office hit of the Marx Brothers' filmography. There's a fine debate over this or ''DuckSoup'' as the Marx Brothers' best film as well as one of the funniest movies ever. It was subsequently {{Homage}}d by the Zucker Brothers' movie ''Film/BrainDonors''.

* {{Homage}}: The 1992 film ''BrainDonors'' is a lovingly-crafted tribute.

* TheRemake: ''BrainDonors'', an all-but-the-name retelling of ''Opera''.

* NiceToTheWaiter: Lasparri establishes his position as the resident {{Jerkass}} by abusing Tomasso--though he's GenreSavvy enough to feign kindness in Rosa's presence.

* LighterAndSofter: Those who object to the MGM films, even ANightAtTheOpera, will claim it's because the Marxes were made to be ''nicer'' (see JerkWithAHeartOfGold).

''A Night At the Opera'' was a 1935 MarxBrothers film, the first made in their switch from Paramount to MGM. Promised a free rein but [[ExecutiveMeddling forced by producer Irving Thalberg]] to focus the chaos against [[ComedicSociopathy the bad guys who deserve the mistreatment]], ''Opera'' became the largest box-office hit of the Marx Brothers' filmography. There's a fine debate over this or ''DuckSoup'' as the Marx Brothers' best film as well as one of the funniest movies ever. It was subsequently {{Homage}}d by the Zucker Brothers' movie ''Film/BrainDonors''.

* TheStateroomSketch: The TropeNamer

* ToughRoom: Driftwood gives an opening speech at the opera that in real life would have brought the house down, but the only response he gets is stony silence.

* OvercomplicatedMenuOrder: Groucho, playing the shady social consultant Otis B. Driftwood and operating solely along the lines of the {{Rule of Funny}}, orders two to three portions of what seems to be everything on the menu in an illogical way, punctuating his selections after each item with an order for "three hard-boiled eggs" for the stowaways hiding in his stateroom.
* OverlyLongGag: "And two hard-boiled eggs!" ". . . and two hard-boiled eggs."
** *HONK*
*** "Make that three hard-boiled eggs."
*** HONK HONK HONK HONK HONK HONK HONK HOCK [[OverlyLongGag HONK HONK HONK HONK]]
*** "Either it's foggy out or make that another twelve hard boiled eggs"

* {{Gaslighting}}: When the team finally reaches america, they move beds from one room to the other to anger the detective.

* GrandeDame: Mrs. Claypool

''A Night At the Opera'' was a 1935 MarxBrothers film, the first made in their switch from Paramount to MGM. Promised a free rein but [[ExecutiveMeddling forced by producer Irving Thalberg]] to focus the chaos against [[ComedicSociopathy the bad guys who deserve the mistreatment]], ''Opera'' became the largest box-office hit of the Marx Brothers hi' filmography. There's a fine debate over this or ''DuckSoup'' as the Marx Brothers' best film as well as one of the funniest movies ever. It was subsequently {{Homage}}d by the Zucker Brothers' movie ''Film/BrainDonors''.

* GoldDigger: Driftwood lust after Mrs. Claypool's money, and he isn't exactly subtle or great at hiding it.

* SpiritualSuccessor: the following MarxBrothers film ''ADayAtTheRaces'', shares a similar plot but with different characters and scenery (a rest home in need of rescue and a horse race to be won).

* RealitySubtext: A few jokes and references to the ongoing [[TheGreatDepression Depression]]. Probably the most serious one is when, towards the end of the film, Groucho goes up in the elevator to his office--met with friendly or sycophantic reactions by the opera staff and the elevator attendant--only to find he's been fired, and then they all immediately turn on him.
** They're not above using it as material, either.
---> '''Mrs. Claypool:''' Six months ago you said you'd introduce me into society, and in all that time you've done nothing except draw a very handsome salary.
---> '''Driftwood:''' You call that nothing? How many men do you think are drawing a handsome salary these days?

Not to be confused with the Music/{{Queen}} album, which was named after the movie. (Or with the Music/BlindGuardian album, which was named after the Queen album.)

''A Night At the Opera'' was a 1935 MarxBrothers film, the first made in their switch from Paramount to MGM. Promised a free rein but [[ExecutiveMeddling forced by producer Irving Thalberg]] to focus the chaos against [[ComedicSociopathy the bad guys who deserve the mistreatment]], ''Opera'' became the largest box-office hit of the Marx Brothers hi' filmography. There's a fine debate over this or ''DuckSoup'' as the Marx Brothers' best film as well as one of the funniest movies ever.

''A Night At the Opera'' was a 1935 MarxBrothers film, the first made in their switch from Paramount to MGM. Promised a free rein but [[ExecutiveMeddling forced by producer Irving Thalberg]] to focus the chaos against [[ComedicSociopathy the bad guys who deserve the mistreatment]], ''Opera'' became the largest box-office hit of the Marx Brothers' filmography. There's a fine debate over this or ''DuckSoup'' as the Marx Brothers' best film as well as one of the funniest movies ever.

* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Driftwood (Groucho), manager of Mrs. Claypool. He overhears that Lasparri is going to earn 1000$ per night so he soon scrambles to intercept the deal... he is keeping a small profit from that 1000$ dollars and paying to the singer... 10$ [[CrossesTheLineTwice minus a 10% to him for negotiating the deal]].

* {{Gaslighting}}

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''A Night At the Opera'' was a 1935 MarxBrothers film, the first made in their switch from Paramount to MGM. Promised a free rein but [[ExecutiveMeddling forced by producer Irving Thalberg]] to focus the chaos against [[ComedicSociopathy the bad guys who deserve the mistreatment]], ''Opera'' became the largest box-office hit of the Marx Brothers' filmography. There's a fine debate over this or ''DuckSoup'' as the Marx Brothers' best film as well as one of the funniest movies ever.

Not to be confused with the {{Queen}} album, which was named after the movie. (Or with the Music/BlindGuardian album, which was named after the Queen album.)

--->'''Driftwood:''' I figure as long as he doesn't sing too often, he can break even.

* TheCastShowOff: The scene on the boat where Chico plays the piano? That's not dubbed in. He was actually that good.

* {{Homage}}: The 1992 film ''BrainDonors'' is a lovingly-crafted tribute that often equals and once or twice ''tops'' the original.