Ricardo has an altercation with Lassparri, which results in both Rosa and Driftwood being fired from the opera company by Gottlieb. Meanwhile, Ricardo is reunited with Rosa after climbing in the window of her hotel room. After a welcoming reception in New York, their true identities are discovered and they hide out in Driftwood's hotel room, pursued by police sergeant Henderson ( Robert Emmett O'Connor). ![]() They escape with help from Driftwood and are able to sneak into the country by assuming the identities of three famous bearded aviators, who are traveling aboard the ship. Lassparri later spots the stowaways among the immigrants on the ship and they are caught and thrown into the brig. They refuse to go until they've eaten and eventually, Driftwood's incredibly small stateroom is crowded with an assortment of people. After Driftwood discovers them, he tries to get the three of them to leave, as he is expecting a rendezvous with Mrs. Driftwood, mistakenly thinking Fiorello is referring to Lassparri, signs Baroni to a contract.Īfter bidding farewell to Rosa at the pier, Ricardo, Fiorello and Tomasso stowaway on board the ocean liner to New York inside Driftwood's trunk. ![]() Fiorello appears and identifies himself as the manager of the "greatest tenor in the world". Driftwood arrives and finds Lassparri attacking his dresser, Tomasso (Harpo), who knocks Lassparri unconscious by hitting him over the head with a mallet. Ricardo is in love with the soprano, Rosa Castaldi ( Kitty Carlisle), who is also being courted by Lassparri. Claypool to invest $200,000 in the opera company, allowing Gottlieb to engage Rodolfo Lassparri ( Walter Woolf King), the "greatest tenor since Caruso".īackstage at the opera house, chorister Ricardo Baroni ( Allan Jones) hires his best friend Fiorello (Chico) to be his manager. Claypool, and introduces her to Herman Gottlieb ( Sig Ruman), director of the New York Opera Company, also dining at the restaurant. When she discovers him seated directly behind her, Driftwood joins Mrs. Claypool ( Margaret Dumont), has stood her up and is having dinner with another woman in the very same restaurant. ![]() Driftwood (Groucho), business manager for wealthy dowager Mrs.
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