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Mrs. Claypool:
If you had any real feeling for me you'd stop associating with the kind of riffraff I've seen you going around with.
Otis B. Driftwood: You mean Gottlieb? Mrs. Claypool: I mean those two uncouth men I saw you around the opera house with. I'm very grateful they're not on board the boat. Otis B. Driftwood: [gets up from his chair, concerned] Why, have they slipped off? Mrs. Claypool: [pulls him back into his chair] Sit down!
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Margaret Dumont
(as Mrs. Claypool)
in
A Night at the Opera
(1935)
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Lassparri:
[costumed as Pagliacci] Now, what have you got to say to me?
Otis B. Driftwood: Just this - can you sleep on your stomach with such big buttons on your pajamas?
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Groucho Marx
(as Otis B. Driftwood)
in
A Night at the Opera
(1935)
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Lassparri:
Never in my life have I received such treatment. They threw an apple at me.
Otis B. Driftwood: Well, watermelons are out of season.
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Groucho Marx
(as Otis B. Driftwood)
in
A Night at the Opera
(1935)
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Groucho Marx
(as Otis B. Driftwood)
in
A Night at the Opera
(1935)
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[Driftwood agrees to read the contract to Fiorello]
Otis B. Driftwood: All right, I'll read it to you. Can you hear? Fiorello: I haven't heard anything yet. Did you say anything? Otis B. Driftwood: Well, I haven't said anything worth hearing. Fiorello: Well, that's-a why I didn't hear anything. Otis B. Driftwood: Well, that's why I didn't say anything.
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Groucho Marx
(as Otis B. Driftwood)
in
A Night at the Opera
(1935)
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[Driftwood opens a drawer in his trunk to find Tomasso sleeping]
Otis B. Driftwood: That can't be my shirt, my shirt doesn't snore. Fiorello: Shh! Don't wake him up. He's got insomnia, he's trying to sleep it off.
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Chico Marx
(as Fiorello)
in
A Night at the Opera
(1935)
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[Fiorello and Driftwood go over the first clause of their contract]
Otis B. Driftwood: Now pay particular attention to this first clause because it's most important. It says the, uh..."The party of the first part shall be known in this contract as the party of the first part." How do you like that? That's pretty neat, eh? Fiorello: No, that's no good. Otis B. Driftwood: What's the matter with it? Fiorello: I dunno. Let's hear it again. Otis B. Driftwood: It says the, uh..."The party of the first part shall be known in this contract as the party of the first part." Fiorello: That sounds a little better this time. Otis B. Driftwood: Well, it grows on you. Would you like to hear it once more? Fiorello: Er... just the first part. Otis B. Driftwood: What do you mean? The... the party of the first part? Fiorello: No, the first part of the party of the first part. Otis B. Driftwood: All right. It says the, uh, "The first part of the party of the first part shall be known in this contract as the first part of the party of the first part shall be known in this contract..." look, why should we quarrel about a thing like this? We'll take it right out, eh?
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Groucho Marx
(as Otis B. Driftwood)
in
A Night at the Opera
(1935)
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[Fiorello and Driftwood go over the second clause of their contract]
Otis B. Driftwood: Now, it says, uh, "The party of the second part shall be known in this contract as the party of the second part." Fiorello: Well, I don't know about that... Otis B. Driftwood: Now what's the matter? Fiorello: I no like-a the second party, either. Otis B. Driftwood: Well, you should of come to the first party. We didn't get home 'til around four in the morning. I was blind for three days!
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Groucho Marx
(as Otis B. Driftwood)
in
A Night at the Opera
(1935)
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[in reference to Tomasso]
Otis B. Driftwood: Wouldn't it be simpler if you just had him stuffed? Fiorello: He's no olive.
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Chico Marx
(as Fiorello)
in
A Night at the Opera
(1935)
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[the ship is sailing away from the dock]
Otis B. Driftwood: Hey, have I got time to go back and pay my hotel bill? Ship Captain: Sorry, too late. Otis B. Driftwood: That suits me fine.
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Groucho Marx
(as Otis B. Driftwood)
in
A Night at the Opera
(1935)
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