The House That Shadows Built

Jul 8, 1931

0h 47m

★ 7.0

Overview

The House That Shadows Built (1931) is a short feature, roughly 48 minutes long, from Paramount Pictures made to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the studio's founding in 1912. It was a promotional film for exhibitors and never had a regular theatrical release and includes a brief history of Paramount, interviews with various actors, and clips from upcoming projects (some of which never came to fruition). The title comes from a biography of Paramount founder Adolph Zukor, The House That Shadows Built (1928), by William Henry Irwin.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

Paramount Pictures

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Cast

Caesar's Ghost

Groucho Marx

The Merchant of Wieners

Harpo Marx

Tomalio

Chico Marx

Sammy Brown

Zeppo Marx

Mr. Lee, Theatrical Agent

Ben Taggart

(archive footage)

Charles Ray

(archive footage)

Sarah Bernhardt

(archive footage)

Lon Chaney

(archive footage)

Miriam Hopkins

(archive footage)

Sylvia Sidney

(archive footage)

Gloria Swanson

(archive footage)

Clara Bow

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