A Night at the Opera (film)

A Night at the Opera
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Sam Wood
Screenplay by	George S. Kaufman Morrie Ryskind Add'l dialogue: Al Boasberg[1]
Story by	James Kevin McGuinness
Produced by	Irving Thalberg
Starring	Groucho Marx Chico Marx Harpo Marx
Cinematography	Merritt B. Gerstad
Edited by	William LeVanway
Music by	Herbert Stothart
Production company	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Distributed by	Loew's, Inc.
Release date	November 15, 1935 (1935-11-15) [2]
Running time	91 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$1,057,000[3]
Box office	$1,815,000[3]

A Night at the Opera is a 1935 American comedy film starring the Marx Brothers (Groucho, Harpo and Chico), and featuring Kitty Carlisle, Allan Jones, Margaret Dumont, Sig Ruman, and Walter Woolf King. It was the first of five films the Marx Brothers made under contract for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer after their departure from Paramount Pictures, and the first after Zeppo left the act. The film was written by George S. Kaufman and Morrie Ryskind from a story by James Kevin McGuinness, with additional uncredited dialogue by Al Boasberg. The film was directed by Sam Wood.

One of MGM's biggest hits at the 1935 box office, A Night at the Opera was selected in 1993 for preservation in the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".^[4] It is also included in the 2007 update of AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies, at number 85; and previously in AFI's 100 Years...100 Laughs 2000 showing, at number 12.