the 1990 film The Freshman, "Rodolfo Lassparri" is the alias used on Matthew Broderick's passport. In the 1993 film Six Degrees of Separation (also released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer), Kitty Carlisle appears in the small role of Mrs. Bannister; during production of the film, the idea of naming her character either Rosa Castaldi or Rosa Baroni was discussed as a tribute to her role in A Night at the Opera nearly 60 years earlier, but the idea never came to fruition. The German power metal band Blind Guardian paid homage to this film by naming one of their albums after it. The demented main character played by veteran horror actor Bill Moseley in Rob Zombie's films House of 1000 Corpses, The Devil's Rejects, and 3 From Hell is named Otis B. Driftwood. He is the older brother of Baby Firefly, and stepson to Cutter "Captain Spaulding" Firefly. He takes over leadership of the family of killers following Captain Spaulding's prison execution in 3 From Hell. See also List of United States comedy films References Informational notes Citations External links Marx-Brothers.org Full description of A Night at the Opera from Filmsite.org The Marx Brothers Council Podcast analyzing "A Night at the Opera" 1935 films 1930s English-language films 1935 musical comedy films American black-and-white films American musical comedy films Films about opera Films directed by Sam Wood Films produced by Irving Thalberg Films scored by Herbert Stothart Films set in opera houses Films set on ships Films with screenplays by Buster Keaton Marx Brothers (film series) Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films United States National Film Registry films 1930s American films