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The House That Shadows Built
RELEASED • 1931 • DOCUMENTARY
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Original
movie
Rating
3
Language
English
Runtime
47m
Popularity
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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
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Groucho Marx
Caesar's Ghost
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Harpo Marx
The Merchant of Wieners
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Chico Marx
Tomalio
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Zeppo Marx
Sammy Brown
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Ben Taggart
Mr. Lee, Theatrical Agent
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Charles Ray
(archive footage)
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Sarah Bernhardt
(archive footage)
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Lon Chaney
(archive footage)
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Miriam Hopkins
(archive footage)
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Sylvia Sidney
(archive footage)
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