Plot hole: When the three Marx Brothers are causing mayhem at the performance of "Il Trovatore," although we see scenes from several different acts of the opera, there seems to have been no intermission (or all the trouble would have gotten sorted out then, instead of at the end). You have to be at least a little familiar with "Il Trovatore" to notice this.
A Night at the Opera (1935)
1 plot hole
Directed by: Sam Wood, Edmund Goulding
Starring: Chico Marx, Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Kitty Carlisle
Deliberate mistake: Riccardo is a stowaway on the ship, but he was standing on the dock when it pulled away.
Otis B. Driftwood: That's the fire escape. And, uh... that's a table, and this is a room, and there's the door leading out, and I wish you'd use it, I... I vant to be alone.
Henderson: You'll be alone when I throw you in jail.
Otis B. Driftwood: Isn't there a song like that, Henderson?
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