Some how, the plot gets back to the opera singers love story, but who cares? This movie is all about the Marx brothers. "I see your table is set for 4?" He asks. As they hide in the next room the policeman questions Groucho. Once in New York, the three stowaways are still on the lamb. The one where a dozen or so people crowd into Groucho's tiny stateroom and eventually spill out into the hall when someone opens the door. A few minutes later comes the classic crowded stateroom scene. He's trying to sleep it off." Chico explains. Groucho finds Harpo asleep in a large drawer. Chico, his love struck singing client and Harpo stow away in Groucho's trunk. The opera leads, as well as Groucho, head to America aboard a liner. Chico is the manager of a promising chorus member who is also in love with the opera's leading lady. The lead tenor is in love with the opera's female lead. She invests in an opera where Harpo is the lead tenor's valet, until he gets fired. Groucho plays a gold digger to a wealthy widow. Like a good Saturday Night Live episode, A Night at the Opera combines a bunch of funny skits with an occasional song. The Marx Brothers were the originators of sketch comedy in talking feature films.
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