actor

The House That Shadows Built

70 %|Jul 8, 1931|Documentary

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.

Featured Crew

Cast

actor
Groucho Marx
Caesar's Ghost
actor
Harpo Marx
The Merchant of Wieners
actor
Chico Marx
Tomalio
actor
Zeppo Marx
Sammy Brown
actor
Ben Taggart
Mr. Lee, Theatrical Agent
actor
Charles Ray
(archive footage)
actor
Sarah Bernhardt
(archive footage)
actor
Lon Chaney
(archive footage)
actor
Miriam Hopkins
(archive footage)
actor
Sylvia Sidney
(archive footage)
actor
Gloria Swanson
(archive footage)
actor
Clara Bow
(archive footage)
actor
Ruth Chatterton
(archive footage)
actor
Maurice Chevalier
(archive footage)
actor
Claudette Colbert
(archive footage)
actor
Betty Compson
(archive footage)
actor
Robert Coogan
(archive footage)
actor
Douglas Fairbanks
(archive footage)
actor
William S. Hart
(archive footage)
actor
Phillips Holmes
(archive footage)
actor
Harold Lloyd
(archive footage)
actor
Herbert Marshall
(archive footage)
actor
Mary Pickford
(archive footage)
actor
Wallace Reid
(archive footage)
actor
Charles Ruggles
(archive footage)
actor
Lilyan Tashman
(archive footage)