The Dryden will screen A Night at the Opera (Sam Wood, U.S. 1935, 96 min., 35mm) as part of the Always at the Dryden series.

In this Marx Brothers send-up of stage life and high society, Groucho is Otis B. Driftwood, a gold digger who has been hired by Mrs. Claypool to introduce her to society. Meanwhile, star-crossed singers Ricardo and Rosa only have eyes for each other while she fends off the advances of the star of the opera, Lasspari. Driftwood, Lasspari's dresser (Harpo), and Ricardo's manager (Chico) have a plan to get the lovebirds together as the production moves to New York City—but the plan won't work without a typical amount of Marx Brothers mayhem.

[source: George Eastman Museum calendar, 2018-Dec-17]