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The House That Shadows Built

Genres
Documentary
Rating
7.0
StatusReleased
LanguagesEnglish
CountriesUnited States of America
Release Date1931-07-08
Runtime47 mins

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.

Cast & Crew

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Groucho Marx

as Caesar's Ghost

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Harpo Marx

as The Merchant of Wieners

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Chico Marx

as Tomalio

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Zeppo Marx

as Sammy Brown

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Ben Taggart

as Mr. Lee, Theatrical Agent

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Charles Ray

as (archive footage)

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Sarah Bernhardt

as (archive footage)

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Lon Chaney

as (archive footage)

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Miriam Hopkins

as (archive footage)

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Sylvia Sidney

as (archive footage)

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Gloria Swanson

as (archive footage)

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Clara Bow

as (archive footage)

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Ruth Chatterton

as (archive footage)

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Maurice Chevalier

as (archive footage)

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Claudette Colbert

as (archive footage)

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Betty Compson

as (archive footage)

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Robert Coogan

as (archive footage)

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Douglas Fairbanks

as (archive footage)

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William S. Hart

as (archive footage)

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Phillips Holmes

as (archive footage)

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Harold Lloyd

as (archive footage)

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Herbert Marshall

as (archive footage)

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Mary Pickford

as (archive footage)

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Wallace Reid

as (archive footage)

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Charles Ruggles

as (archive footage)

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Lilyan Tashman

as (archive footage)

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