The 1935 movie starring the Marx Brothers was directed by Sam Wood and followed protagonist Otis B. Driftwood (Groucho Marx) and the troubles that result when he encounters various denizens of the opera world, including an opera singer's manager (Chico Marx), a famous tenor (Walter Woolf King), and the tenor's former dresser (Harpo Marx).
The film is often remembered for a scene which takes place in a tiny stateroom on a ship and begins with the Marx brothers and an opera singer hiding in the room but has more and more people enter until 15 people occupy the small space.
Actual opera compositions are performed in the film, including a section from the opera "Il Trovatore."
