” A Night at the Opera”- A Marx Brothers Masterpiece
If you don’t the Marx Brothers, you need to know the Marx Brothers.
Released in November of 1935, A Night at the Opera was a smashing, rollicking success. It is now considered by many moviegoers and Marx Brothers fans alike to be the team’s “masterpiece.” In Groucho’s later years he was to dub A Night at the Opera as his personal favorite among the Marx Brothers cinematic oeuvre.
In 2000, the American Film Institute named A Night at the Opera as number 12 on their list of the funniest movies of all-time. In 2007, it rated as #85 on AFI’s list of the greatest movies ever made.
Neatorama has a full article on this masterpiece. But before you read that, take a few moments to watch one of the funniest scenes from A Night at the Opera below:
