Film

The House That Shadows Built

1931 · 47m · Documentary

IMDb

6.8

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.

Groucho Marx

Caesar's Ghost

Harpo Marx

The Merchant of Wieners

Chico Marx

Tomalio

Zeppo Marx

Sammy Brown

Ben Taggart

Mr. Lee, Theatrical Agent

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

(archive footage)

Ruth Chatterton

(archive footage)

Maurice Chevalier

(archive footage)

Claudette Colbert

(archive footage)

Betty Compson

(archive footage)

Release date

July 8, 1931

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

47m

Rated

NR

Genres

Documentary

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