The House That Shadows Built (1931)
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.
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| Budget | $0.00 |
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| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 1.587 |
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Sammy Brown
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Charles Ray
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Sarah Bernhardt
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Lon Chaney
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Miriam Hopkins
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Sylvia Sidney
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Gloria Swanson
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Clara Bow
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Ruth Chatterton
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Maurice Chevalier
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Claudette Colbert
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Betty Compson
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Robert Coogan
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Douglas Fairbanks
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William S. Hart
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Phillips Holmes
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Harold Lloyd
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Herbert Marshall
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Mary Pickford
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Wallace Reid
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Charles Ruggles
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Lilyan Tashman
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