...still very funny. One of the scenes -- in the crowded stateroom -- may be the single funniest of the many Marx Brothers hilarious routines. For a movie that is 70-plus years old with camera work that is badly dated, "A Night at the Opera" continues to deserve its place on the list of comedy classics. All the usual Marx Brothers shticks are there -- Chico's piano, Harpo's harp and horn, Groucho's leer and loping walk -- and Margaret Dumont, Groucho's perennial foil, but one of the more remarkable facts about this movie is that Kitty Carlisle, the female lead, is still alive and reportedly vigorous and beautiful. This is almost 71 years later! And she was certainly in her mid-20s when the movie was made. Some people will remember Kitty as Moss Hart's wife or as a luminous presence on TV or for her memoirs but to see her as a movie star, singer and love interest opposite Alan Jones would be enough of a reason to see "A Night at the Opera" even if it weren't the Marx Brothers' most famous movie. And, oh yes, George S. Kaufman collaborated with Morrie Ryskind on the screen play.
Review of A Night at the Opera
