A Night at the Opera (film) DVD commentary. But this could not have occurred, because Sam Marx had died in 1933, during pre-production of "Duck Soup", two years before "A Night at the Opera" was released. The rumor arose because Frenchy had had such a cameo appearance in the Marx Brothers' earlier "Monkey Business". There is, however, a reference to the Marx Brothers' mother, Minnie Marx, during the stateroom scene, in which a woman asks, "Is my Aunt Minnie in here?" Part of the concept of casting the Marx Brothers as stowaways on a ship was recycled from "Monkey Business". As Groucho's and Margaret Dumont's characters
Athenic-class ocean liner whaling ship. The SS "Corinthic" was scrapped in 1931. In the Second World War, the "Athenic" was torpedoed twice and sunk by but later she was raised and returned to her owner. She was scrapped in 1962. In 1934, the "Ionic" was sold to the Shaw, Savill & Albion Line and was scrapped two years later. Athenic-class ocean liner The "Athenic"-class ocean liners were a three ship class of ocean liners built by the Harland & Wolff shipyard for the White Star Line in the early 20th century. The first ship built was , followed by . Both were launched