A Trip to Paramountown
| A Trip to Paramountown | |
|---|---|
| Written by | Jack Cunningham |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release dates |
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Running time | 20 mins. |
| Country | United States |
| Language |
Silent English intertitles |
A Trip to Paramountown is a 1922 American short silent documentary film produced by Famous Players-Lasky and released through Paramount Pictures. The film runs about 20 minutes and features many personalities then under contract to Famous Players-Lasky and Paramount Pictures.
Overview
A Trip to Paramountown was released in the wake of several scandals associated with the film industry, such as the manslaughter trial involving silent screen comedian Roscoe Arbuckle, the death of actress Olive Thomas, and the murder of director William Desmond Taylor. The short is a promotion vehicle intended to show audiences film industry employees in their normal, everyday work settings.
This film influenced later studio related scripted film fair such as Paramount's own Hollywood (1923), Goldwyn's Souls for Sale (1923), and MGM's Show People (1928).
Paramount later released A Trip Through the Paramount Studio (1927) in response to MGM's MGM Studio Tour (1925).[1]
Cast
- T. Roy Barnes - Himself
- Alice Brady - Herself
- Betty Compson - Herself
- Dorothy Dalton - Herself
- Bebe Daniels - Herself
- Marion Davies - Herself
- William C. deMille - Himself
- Cecil B. DeMille - Himself
- George Fawcett - Himself
- Julia Faye - Herself
- Elsie Ferguson - Herself
- Wanda Hawley - Herself
- Jack Holt - Himself
- Leatrice Joy - Herself
- Lila Lee - Herself
- Walter Long - Himself
- Bert Lytell - Himself
- May McAvoy - Herself
- Thomas Meighan - Himself
- George Melford - Himself
- Mary Miles Minter - Herself
- Tom Moore - Himself
- Conrad Nagel - Himself
- Nita Naldi - Herself
- Anna Q. Nilsson - Herself
- Wallace Reid - Himself
- Theodore Roberts - Himself
- Milton Sills - Himself
- Gloria Swanson - Herself
- Rudolph Valentino - Himself
Availability
A Trip to Paramountown was released on Flicker Alley's 2007 DVD release of several rare Rudolph Valentino films.[2]
See also
- The House That Shadows Built (1931 promotional film produced by Paramount)