The Marx Brothers, 'A Night At the Opera', another fine moment with Groucho and Margaret Dumont (mrs.Claypool) remember that this picture is made in the early 1935!
I love this scene! Watching Margaret Dumont trying to keep from smiling when she's supposed to be the straight woman. And then she finally gets a chance to smile -- in character -- & it's such a relief! What a pair!
One of the greatest comedies ever made. Every scene a gem. Great music and dialogue. And the Marx brothers were at the top of their game. Many younger views who watched What's My Line later on didn't know that Kitty Carlisle could sing. In fact, she and Alan Jones had operatic voices. And yes, Alan Jones was Jack Jones's dad.
"Listen Gottlieb, nix on the lovemaking, because I saw Mrs. Claypool first. Of course, her mother really saw her first, but there's no point in bringing the Civil War into this."
One of my favorite lines in the movie. That was probably a REALLY funny joke in the 1930s. My other favorite line.. "Did you want a manicure?" "No, come on in!" "Do you want your nails long or short?" "Better make 'em short, it's getting kind of crowed in here"!
Catch the look on Groucho's face when he finishes the song "Hello I must be going. " Freaking hilarious! You can see they had their 10000 hours on the road and were Vaudeville veterans. Love those guys!
I am forever in love with the notion that Margaret had no clue that this was comedy. I, for one, think she was clever enough to know, and savvy enough to be the perfect straight man, but my heart always loves the thought that she was blithely ignorant of the comedy.
No, Groucho made a throw away comment that she had no idea, but of course Dumont knew it was comedy otherwise there wouldn't have been any timing in her responses, but to the contrary, her timing was perfect.
That’s all based on something a very old Groucho said late in life (after one or two strokes, I might add). Margaret Dumont was a veteran of the vaudeville circuit. She worked with WC Fields. She knew exactly what she was doing. You can see her superb comic timing in this clip. She’s the one who sells Groucho’s jokes. She was always his perfect partner/foil.
It was the old style. Of course you know, but you never admit, publicly, you know. It has its points. Helps warn off creeps. Remember the old maid in Hitchcock’s “The Trouble With Harry”? “Then he swore at me - horrible, masculine sounds. I didn’t understand them, of course” Male listener: (hastily) “Of course, of course you didn’t.”
The straight man grounds the comic, takes the role of the audience and connects them to the humorousness playing out before them. Directs the eye. No small part inthe story that unfolds.
I watched as a kid, then as I got older, the jokes got funnier. The great one liners. Delivered with such wit. Now my grandson watches. And he gut laughs at site gags. Harpo thrown out by snob, then Rosa calms him, and the mean singer takes him back and all you hear is kicking, slapping, and punching.
I wasn't around when Groucho ruled the scene, but I've heard of his fantastic work. They didn't do him justice. He seems to be a comedic genius and a true star. The camera loves him, and he loves to sleep around behind the camera's back. Never another like Groucho Marx
So was Zeppo , but you have to be tuned in to what they are doing to get it. Much of their humor is framed by styles of their period, and they were good at that. Zeppo was Groucho's understudy, and could do his act.
Groucho: "Every time I get romantic with you, you want to talk business. I don't know, there's something about me that brings out the business in every woman"......Lol
I have laughed so wildly on the countless occasions when I have watched and re-watched the films by the great Groucho Marx and his Brothers, that I believe I have developed a fissure of my pleural dome, by now.
Back when comedies were actually funny! That ended in the 90's. Groucho and his brothers Chico, Zeppo, and Harpo were national treasures! "Do you follow me?" - "Yes." - "Well, stop following me or I'll have ya arrested!"
@@dr.barrycohn5461 Movies started to decline for me in the past decade or so. A lot of identity politics nonsense became the primary focus. Movie makers lost their bravery.
The good thing about "Night at the Opera" is that it's funny from the start. I like "Day at the Races" too but, comically speaking, it takes a while to get going.
Groucho was and is an absolute timeless classic. Comedic gold and a national treasure. The delivery of those lines of his are genius. Alan Alda's "Hawkeye Pierce" character in M*A*S*H was Groucho all the way.
Nothing personal, but, please don’t ever compare Alan Alda to Groucho Marx again. Alda is a terrible actor and an even worse individual, with an ego the size of his nose.
"Do you follow me?" "Yes.." "Well stop following me or I'll have you arrested!" I use that bit with my high school students. At least half of them laugh. The other half don't get it. Margaret Dumont was one of the best straight "men" of all time.
Good way of putting it!! From what I understand back then, the Marx brothers playfully tormented Margaret Dumont off-camera,as well as on-so she probably had to have a pretty thick skin!!
+willow11st I often heard that the reason that Margaret was such a good straight "man" was that she honestly didn't understand half of what Groucho said.
Yes. She didn't understand most of the jokes. She would frequently ask Groucho "Julie, why are they laughing?" That was her pet name for him, because his real first name was Julius.
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Thank you,Ana,-I'm glad someone is smart and sensitive enough to understand that,without having to go into the gutter! I think that's why I think I like the movies of that era more than the movies of today.Groucho himself,in interview after interview said that resorting to using that sort of material meant the performer wasn't creative enough to be entertaining otherwise-as an actor and singer,I couldn't agree more!
willow11st That's right, Willow. Falling in love with this kind of entertainment is dangerous - everything else is just not good enough. What I like about this kind of comedy is the good old fashioned sense of fun, humour. Things are better when we are a little naive, I think.
Margaret Dumont was definitely not rich. She had been married to a wealthy businessman who died during the 1918 flu pandemic but left her very little money. She died broke in 1965.
My friends don't cheat on your girlfriend. But if you do, please try out Groucho's excuse of "I was only with her because she reminded me of you." It might work. It sounds good to me.
Groucho was kind of like this, when younger. Story: As a teenager he had somehow managed to keep a nest egg of seventy cents from the sticky fingers of Chico. This would be just enough money for Groucho to take the reigning beauty of his apartment complex, one Annie Berger, to the theatre and still have carfare home. But Miss Berger quickly devastated Groucho's high finances by having the audacity to request a treat-some taffy. She then compounded the dilemma by not sharing. Groucho was now up against it, or at least someone was, because he had carfare home for only one. What to do? Groucho benevolently disregarded her selfishness and did the only fair thing, at least the only fair thing for Groucho. He flipped her for the ride home. Miss Berger lost and was forced to walk home . . . in the snow . . . fifty-one blocks. Romance did not blossom.
First of all, so called "Margaret Dumont" wasn't her real name. There was nothing wrong with her actual birth name, Daisy Juliette Baker. She obviously "sold out" her birth name because of the shallowness of the entertainment industry?! Most likely the change was made as the result of a greedy Business Manager or Studio, with perceived notions of greater recognition accompanied with monetary gains? Secondly and in reality, it's also shows blatant disrespect for one's parents & their family heritage, just to possibly obtain (not necessarily earn) a greater buck?!
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"If I were you, I wouldn't pay it!"
SAVAGE!
Oh shit, It was the homie Groucho.
“When I invite a woman out to dinner, I expect her to look at my face. That’s the price she has to pay.” 😂😂😂
I said this to my (then gf) quite a few times. Now as my wife, she says it to me. 😂
"Do you follow me?"
"Yes"
"Well, don't do that, I'll have you arrested!"
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@@befdoglover1 😂
"Nine dollars and forty cents! That's an outrage. If were you I wouldn't pay it! A great classic gag.
That $9.25 in 1925 is worth $166.01 today (2024). I agree with Groucho!
These guys are the true kings of fresh dialogue driven humour.
Everything about you reminds me of you, except you. Classic Groucho!
I love this scene! Watching Margaret Dumont trying to keep from smiling when she's supposed to be the straight woman. And then she finally gets a chance to smile -- in character -- & it's such a relief! What a pair!
I swear to god Margaret Dumont deserved an award just 4 putting up with Groucho much less dealing with all the Marx Brothers what a trooper
@@brianjordan3841 And she never understood the humor.
@@Mozart1220 really I could’ve sworn that she understood all too well since she would appear in several more movies
Every line kills, what a legend was Groucho
One of the greatest comedies ever made. Every scene a gem. Great music and dialogue. And the Marx brothers were at the top of their game. Many younger views who watched What's My Line later on didn't know that Kitty Carlisle could sing. In fact, she and Alan Jones had operatic voices. And yes, Alan Jones was Jack Jones's dad.
"Listen Gottlieb, nix on the lovemaking, because I saw Mrs. Claypool first. Of course, her mother really saw her first, but there's no point in bringing the Civil War into this."
One of my favorite lines in the movie. That was probably a REALLY funny joke in the 1930s.
My other favorite line.. "Did you want a manicure?" "No, come on in!" "Do you want your nails long or short?" "Better make 'em short, it's getting kind of crowed in here"!
First time I've heard the sentence in English! In Spanish he said something close to "No point in going back to the medieval ages"
@@sorchatheraven The night at the Opera group show was stuck in a little room on the ship to many people
@@hockeyrd99 said Night of the Opera wind grouch I was stuck on a little shit and in the little room to many people
One of the greatest first scenes of ANY movie! It comes at you at 100 mph to get you primed for what's to follow.
Never, ever equalled. Groucho was a genius.
Catch the look on Groucho's face when he finishes the song "Hello I must be going. " Freaking hilarious!
You can see they had their 10000 hours on the road and were Vaudeville veterans. Love those guys!
I don't know about anyone else, but I think Margaret Dumont was a very fine looking woman.
Carlos - Yes she was, but that's the price she had to pay for the character she played.
Of course she was an attractive woman. Otherwise none of the rappartee would have worked.
Check out pictures of her 20 years prior.
Quite the charmer.
I am forever in love with the notion that Margaret had no clue that this was comedy. I, for one, think she was clever enough to know, and savvy enough to be the perfect straight man, but my heart always loves the thought that she was blithely ignorant of the comedy.
She was a busy actress & rightfully so!
No, Groucho made a throw away comment that she had no idea, but of course Dumont knew it was comedy otherwise there wouldn't have been any timing in her responses, but to the contrary, her timing was perfect.
That’s all based on something a very old Groucho said late in life (after one or two strokes, I might add). Margaret Dumont was a veteran of the vaudeville circuit. She worked with WC Fields. She knew exactly what she was doing. You can see her superb comic timing in this clip. She’s the one who sells Groucho’s jokes. She was always his perfect partner/foil.
It was the old style. Of course you know, but you never admit, publicly, you know. It has its points. Helps warn off creeps.
Remember the old maid in Hitchcock’s “The Trouble With Harry”?
“Then he swore at me - horrible, masculine sounds. I didn’t understand them, of course”
Male listener: (hastily) “Of course, of course you didn’t.”
The straight man grounds the comic, takes the role of the audience and
connects them to the humorousness playing out before them. Directs the eye.
No small part inthe story that unfolds.
The best. I love them but unfortunately I don't have this one. I cherish the joy of watching these guys.
Great clip....so enjoy the Marx Bros. and especially their chemistry with the great Margaret Dumont. Thanks!
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This is still the funniest scene with some epic one liners from Groucho! I laugh every time, no fail!
I watched as a kid, then as I got older, the jokes got funnier. The great one liners. Delivered with such wit. Now my grandson watches. And he gut laughs at site gags. Harpo thrown out by snob, then Rosa calms him, and the mean singer takes him back and all you hear is kicking, slapping, and punching.
I wasn't around when Groucho ruled the scene, but I've heard of his fantastic work. They didn't do him justice. He seems to be a comedic genius and a true star. The camera loves him, and he loves to sleep around behind the camera's back. Never another like Groucho Marx
The wonderful Margaret Dumont, the 5th Marx brother!
Margaret Dumont was just as funny as The Marx Brothers.
So was Zeppo , but you have to be tuned in to what they are doing to get it.
Much of their humor is framed by styles of their period, and they were good at that.
Zeppo was Groucho's understudy, and could do his act.
Groucho: "Every time I get romantic with you, you want to talk business. I don't know, there's something about me that brings out the business in every woman"......Lol
My favorite of the Marx Bros movies. I had this on VHS years ago and used to watch it all the time.
She's amazing, to keep a straight face!
I have (almost) all the Marx Brother's movies in my collection (1929-1949)
'Pure Spontaneous Genius'...
She's a legend
I'll love Groucho Marx and his whipping for ever !
I have laughed so wildly on the countless occasions when I have watched and re-watched the films by the great Groucho Marx and his Brothers, that I believe I have developed a fissure of my pleural dome, by now.
MRS CLAYPOOL MR GOTTLIEB MR GOTTLIEB MRS CLAYPOOL MRS CLAYPOOL MR GOTTLIEB
Mr Driftwood
She is so graceful
Back when comedies were actually funny! That ended in the 90's. Groucho and his brothers Chico, Zeppo, and Harpo were national treasures! "Do you follow me?" - "Yes." - "Well, stop following me or I'll have ya arrested!"
Lo ve me
Today, there are no comedies, just moronic straight to DVD actioners
@@dr.barrycohn5461 Movies started to decline for me in the past decade or so. A lot of identity politics nonsense became the primary focus. Movie makers lost their bravery.
"everything about you reminds me of you....except you.. how do you account for that"
Love the little smile Margaret gives to herself at 1.20. She knows she's acting the straight lady and she's a real pro about it!
It was hard to tell if she broke character, the smile either way was perfect.
This is so funny I love Groucho Marx.
The good thing about "Night at the Opera" is that it's funny from the start. I like "Day at the Races" too but, comically speaking, it takes a while to get going.
truly unforgettable
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If comedians were weapons, Groucho Marx would be a machine gun with precision aim. His jokes are rapid fire and always on the mark.
"I Love you, there I said it now" ! ~ C/O Neville Bardoli
As good an opening scene as there ever was. Still makes me laugh.
Groucho was and is an absolute timeless classic. Comedic gold and a national treasure. The delivery of those lines of his are genius. Alan Alda's "Hawkeye Pierce" character in M*A*S*H was Groucho all the way.
Nothing personal, but, please don’t ever compare Alan Alda to Groucho Marx again. Alda is a terrible actor and an even worse individual, with an ego the size of his nose.
@@robertgosselin14 Fair enough, but you have to admit, Hawkeye Pierce was a total Groucho inspiration/rip-off.
Amen to that.@@robertgosselin14
"Do you follow me?"
"Yes.."
"Well stop following me or I'll have you arrested!"
I use that bit with my high school students. At least half of them laugh. The other half don't get it. Margaret Dumont was one of the best straight "men" of all time.
Good way of putting it!!
From what I understand back then, the Marx brothers playfully tormented Margaret Dumont off-camera,as well as on-so she probably had to have a pretty thick skin!!
+willow11st I often heard that the reason that Margaret was such a good straight "man" was that she honestly didn't understand half of what Groucho said.
Yeah, she actually took everything seriously!
Yes. She didn't understand most of the jokes. She would frequently ask Groucho "Julie, why are they laughing?" That was her pet name for him, because his real first name was Julius.
What does straight man mean in this context?
Groucho - "Are you following me?" Mrs. Claypool - Yes. Groucho - "Well STOP following me or I'll have you arrested!" LOVE, LOVE, LOVE MY GROUCHO!!!!
"Do you follow me?"
"Yes"
"Well, stop following me or I'll have you arrested"
For some reason I busted out laughing at this part lol
I love it when Groucho breaks the forth wall...
"And 2 boiled eggs." 🤣
He never did get his glass of milk.
GENIUS.... PURE GENIUS !
Haha I love this scene!
Absolutely beautiful" magnificent entertainment"
when groucho asked if the waiters voice was changing that was pretty funny to me lmao
.....my good woman!!
2 words: Groucho Marx
He was quite a hoofer
Man...I can recite this whole scene since I was was 15...Im 51 now....Its just funny man...lol...Marx Brothers are just funny....anyway
2:22 slays me every time
Mr Driftwood. Ms Claypool. Mr Gottleib
Get the book Harpo Speaks for a great account of life for The Marx Brothers in vaudeville. Published in the UK by Virgin Books
The best!!!!!
And this is why Groucho is tattooed on me.
I hope he is not tattooed on your bunghole as is the want of young people nowadays.
Mr. Driftwood; Mrs. Claypool.
Classic
that arrested line is one of my favorite quotes
Production Companies:
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Turner Entertainment (current owner)
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures (Distributor and Presentation)
Marx Brothers Entertainment (copyright holder)
Irving Thalberg Productions (production)
How many of you are watching just because you’re a Queen fan?
This is comedy!
Isn't it Interesting how the phrase "making love"has changed between the time of this picture and Today??
means the same thing, though. They just couldn't say "FUCK" back then, so they said "making love" more often, but they meant the same thing.
***** That's NOT what "making love"meant back then-it meant about the same as flirting or sweet-talking.
willow11st
That's right. Making love was the courteship :)
Thank you,Ana,-I'm glad someone is smart and sensitive enough to understand that,without having to go into the gutter! I think that's why I think I like the movies of that era more than the movies of today.Groucho himself,in interview after interview said that resorting to using that sort of material meant the performer wasn't creative enough to be entertaining otherwise-as an actor and singer,I couldn't agree more!
willow11st
That's right, Willow.
Falling in love with this kind of entertainment is dangerous - everything else is just not good enough. What I like about this kind of comedy is the good old fashioned sense of fun, humour. Things are better when we are a little naive, I think.
Now I know Woody Allen's inspiration to "You must be Don Francisco's sister..." from Love and Death.
This should make anyone laugh: Mrs.Claypool Mr.Gottlieb, Mr.Gottlieb Mrs.Claypool,Mrs.Claypool Mr.Gottlieb, Mr.Gottlieb Mrs.Claypool.
Paying alimony is like feeding a dead horse. Groucho.
First Party of the First or Second Part ,
poor blonde was left behind on the other table
It's been reported but I won't swear to its veracity that Margaret Dumont never really caught the gist of the double entendres.
Film quality improved a lot during the 20's. In the late 20's the films was chappy and the audio was chappy too.
Got the district wounds in taming of the shrew
"They breed like rabbits!"
Poor Margaret….
Poor Margaret Dumont. She was in several Marx Bros movies, and NEVER understood the humor. Groucho would go off on tangents and she had to just react.
Nasty nasty Groucho XD
In vaudeville, Margaret Dumont quit lots of times because of the Brothers' merciless pranks.
Oh, this is where "No, you must be Don Francisco's sister" Woody Allen bit comes from.
you never heard of the Marx Brothers
And if it doesn't work, well all you've lost is $20,000.
$200,000
The speed of this clip makes Groucho sound like a chipmunk, and 0.75 speed is too slow.
Always wondered if Groucho ever slipped it to Margaret Dumont. I know I sure would have. She was rich and made movies just for fun.
I think she was the widow of a millionaire. But aee you sure ahe inherited his money alone?
Margaret Dumont was definitely not rich. She had been married to a wealthy businessman who died during the 1918 flu pandemic but left her very little money. She died broke in 1965.
well stop following me or ill have you arrested...
1:31
They are the best the crap. Today is shit
2:33
Where's the beginning?
Right at the start
Never realized he had tape on his lip. Lol...
Greasepaint, actooly
$9.40, this is an outrage!
…if I were you, I wouldn’t pay it…
Margaret DuMont should have been made an honorary Marx Sister.
It is hard to see Margerat and Groucho getting married. Cause. Here it is going Groucho's way. Poor Margerat.
She was quite happily married, and poor Groucho struggled in his relationships.
My friends don't cheat on your girlfriend. But if you do, please try out Groucho's excuse of "I was only with her because she reminded me of you." It might work. It sounds good to me.
Groucho was kind of like this, when younger. Story:
As a teenager he had somehow managed to keep a nest egg of seventy cents from the sticky fingers of Chico. This would be just enough money for Groucho to take the reigning beauty of his apartment complex, one Annie Berger, to the theatre and still have carfare home.
But Miss Berger quickly devastated Groucho's high finances by having the audacity to request a treat-some taffy. She then compounded the dilemma by not sharing. Groucho was now up against it, or at least someone was, because he had carfare home for only one. What to do?
Groucho benevolently disregarded her selfishness and did the only fair thing, at least the only fair thing for Groucho. He flipped her for the ride home. Miss Berger lost and was forced to walk home . . . in the snow . . . fifty-one blocks.
Romance did not blossom.
But what I say is, she should have shared the taffy.
MISTER DRIFTWOOD
This is why writing a female into a comedy skit is brilliant especially when she can act like she’s not a Marx Brother or she really is.
😂😂😂
First of all, so called "Margaret Dumont" wasn't her real name. There was nothing wrong with her actual birth name, Daisy Juliette Baker. She obviously "sold out" her birth name because of the shallowness of the entertainment industry?! Most likely the change was made as the result of a greedy Business Manager or Studio, with perceived notions of greater recognition accompanied with monetary gains? Secondly and in reality, it's also shows blatant disrespect for one's parents & their family heritage, just to possibly obtain (not necessarily earn) a greater buck?!
John 3:3 (KJV) Jesus answered and said to him, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.”
Romans 6:23(KJV) For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
John 3:16 (KJV) 16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
stev001 what the hell is your religious manifesto here people like you create atheists
Great Groucho quote.
One of His best
"your eyes, your throat, your lips, everything reminds me of you, You remind of you"🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
What a cad😅