A Night At The Opera (DVD)

A Night at the Opera is a classic and very famous Marx Brothers film from 1935 directed by Sam Wood and written by George S kaufman and Morrie Ryskind. The film places the anarchic comedians in the world of the opera with Groucho as Otis B Driftwood, hired by the wealthy Mrs Claypool (Margaret Dumont) to promote her entry into high society if she invests $200,000 in the New York Opera Company. "Don't you see," says Driftwod. "You'll be a patron of the opera. You'll get into society. Then, you can marry me and they'll kick you out of society, and all you've lost is $200,000." Driftwood duly arranges a meeting with the pompous director of the New York ...  Read the complete review