A Night at the Opera (1935)

Directed by Sam Wood · Cinematography by Merritt B. Gerstad

Approved96 min57 frames

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What is A Night at the Opera about?

The Marx Brothers take on high society and the opera world to bring two lovers together. A sly business manager and two wacky friends of two opera singers help them achieve success while humiliating their stuffy and snobbish enemies.

Where can you watch A Night at the Opera?

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What does the cinematography of A Night at the Opera look like?

Sampled across 57 frames, the coverage of A Night at the Opera leans on medium shots (65% of the sample) and wide compositions (19%). Cinematographer Merritt B. Gerstad keeps 46% of it in soft, high-key light. Night and dusk account for 49% of the frames. Vintage glass shapes the frame. Deep focus keeps foreground and background readable at once in 61% of the frames. The production design places the film in the 1930s.

What is the color palette of A Night at the Opera?

The dominant colors across the sampled frames of A Night at the Opera (1935) are #020202, #8a8a8a, #c9c9c9, #fbfbfb, #444444, #303030 — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

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  • #c9c9c9
  • #fbfbfb
  • #444444
  • #303030

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