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A Trip to Paramountown

1922 film

A Trip to Paramountown is a 1922 American short silent documentary film produced by Famous Players–Lasky and released through Paramount Pictures, to celebrate 10 years of Paramount's founding. The film runs about 20 minutes and features many personalities then under contract to Famous Players–Lasky and Paramount.

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Overview

A Trip to Paramountown is a promotional vehicle intended to show film industry employees in their normal, everyday work settings. It 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, the murder of director William Desmond Taylor, and the drug-induced decline of Wallace Reid.

This film influenced later studio-related scripted film fare 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]

A Trip to Paramountown was preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2016.[2]

Cast

Studio personnel, primarily actors, appear as themselves in cameos.[3]

Availability

A Trip to Paramountown was released on Flicker Alley's 2007 DVD of several rare Rudolph Valentino films.[4]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Carl Bennett (ed.). "A Trip Through the Paramount Studio". Progressive Silent Film List. Retrieved February 6, 2016 – via Silent Era.
  2. [2]
    "Preserved Projects". Academy Film Archive.
  3. [3]
    "Trip to Paramountown is Stellar Traffif Jam". The Orlando Sentinel. May 21, 1922.
  4. [4]
    Carl Bennett. "Flicker Alley 2007 DVD edition". Silent Era: Home Video Reviews. Retrieved February 6, 2016.


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