The House That Shadows Built
1931The 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.
Acted in
Groucho Marx
as Caesar's Ghost
Harpo Marx
as The Merchant of Wieners
Chico Marx
as Tomalio
Zeppo Marx
as Sammy Brown
Ben Taggart
as Mr. Lee, Theatrical Agent
Charles Ray
as (archive footage)
Sarah Bernhardt
as (archive footage)
Lon Chaney
as (archive footage)
Miriam Hopkins
as (archive footage)
Sylvia Sidney
as (archive footage)
Gloria Swanson
as (archive footage)
Clara Bow
as (archive footage)
Ruth Chatterton
as (archive footage)
Maurice Chevalier
as (archive footage)
Claudette Colbert
as (archive footage)
Betty Compson
as (archive footage)
Robert Coogan
as (archive footage)
Douglas Fairbanks
as (archive footage)
William S. Hart
as (archive footage)
Phillips Holmes
as (archive footage)
Harold Lloyd
as (archive footage)
Herbert Marshall
as (archive footage)
Mary Pickford
as (archive footage)
Wallace Reid
as (archive footage)
Charles Ruggles
as (archive footage)
Lilyan Tashman
as (archive footage)