A Night at the Opera: Screenplay
by George S. Kaufman, James Kevin McGuinnes, Morrie Ryskind
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Absolutely one of the most hilarious movies ever made, this classic farce featuring the outrageous genius of the Marx Brothers is a chance to see some of their best bits woven together seamlessly in a story of high society, matchmaking, and chaos. In order to bring two young lovers together, brothers Groucho, Chico, and Harpo must sabotage an opera performance even as they try to pass themselves off as stuffed shirts. Featuring the classic sequence where Groucho piles as many people as show more possible into a ship's stateroom, A Night at the Opera is a deliciously zany romp worth watching again and again. --Robert Lane show lessTags
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This is the shooting script for one of my favourite films, and it reads very well. Those of you +not aware of these comedy giants, the USA's only real answer to "The Goons", or "Monty Python" should get hold of their films and have an enjoyable time.
A note for the SF fans among us, this book also contains two photos of Fritz Leiber's father, also named Fritz Leiber while he was working.
A note for the SF fans among us, this book also contains two photos of Fritz Leiber's father, also named Fritz Leiber while he was working.
Quite a bit of new material in the original script that must have been changed after the on the road tryouts. Reminded me of how Groucho was the only person Kaufman would let ad lib off of his scripts, and of how Groucho called Kaufman “my personal god.”
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Kaufman, was born in Pittsburgh, attended law school for two years, failed as a business person, and became a humorist for Franklin P. Adams's column before joining the New York Times, whose drama editor he became in the 1920s. Kaufman was sole author of one long play and two one-act plays, including the popular The Butter and Egg Man (1926), but show more he collaborated on more than 25 plays, most importantly with Moss Hart, but also with Marc Connelly, Edna Ferber, and others, including Ring Lardner and John P. Marquand. These plays range from the hilarious madness of Cocoanuts (1929) and Animal Crackers (1928), two Marx Brothers shows that Kaufman worked on, to the comic pathos of Stage Door (1936) (with Edna Ferber). Commenting on why he did not write true satire, Kaufman said, "Satire is what closes Saturday night." Kaufman, Morris Ryskind, and Ira Gershwin won the Pulitzer Prize for drama for Of Thee I Sing (1932) and Kaufman and Hart for You Can't Take It with You (1937). (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title
- A Night at the Opera: Screenplay
- Original publication date
- 1935
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- Nonfiction
- DDC/MDS
- 791.43 — Arts & recreation Recreation, sports, and performing arts Movies, TV, Video Motion pictures, radio, television, podcasting Motion pictures
- LCC
- PN1997 .N52 .K3 — Language and Literature Literature (General) Literature (General) Drama Motion pictures Plays, scenarios, etc.
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- English
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- Paper
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