November 15, 1935 –
… Listen, Gottlieb, nix on the love making. 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. .
The Marx Brother’s first film made without Zeppo, A Night at the Opera, premiered on this date.
In exasperation after several attempts to have Groucho Marx read one of his lines in the manner director Sam Wood had requested, Wood exclaimed, “I guess you just can’t make an actor out of clay.” Groucho Marx instantly responded, “Nor a director out of Wood.”
The Haus of Dcaligari 