The House That Shadows Built (1928)

Record Details:

Title:
The House That Shadows Built
Date:
1928
Publisher:
New York: Doubleday
Volume:
The House That Shadows Built
Leaf #:
000186
Language:
English
Collection:
Hollywood Studio System
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Media History Digital Library
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
November 16, 2023
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i66 THE HOUSE THAT SHADOWS BUILT provinces knew him for his thirty-year run of The Count of Monte Cristo, which he had played in glittering opera houses, intimate small-town theatres, circus tents, barns, even the open air. This piece would make a splendid bridge between the famous European players and the famous American players whom the company intended to exploit. James O’Neill seldom played in New York and so he had escaped the Broadway prejudices. The slack summer season was coming on. This offered a chance to make some extra money. He needed little persuading. Then James K. Hackett listened. He had been in his youth the matinee idol of Broadway. As his hair began to thin and his features to sharpen, he took up Shakespeare and romantic “ costume” drama. The Prisoner of Zenduy his latest offering, had just finished a long run. Hackett had in him a streak of independence; he rather liked to quarrel with the majority. Also, it was a lark. He and most of his company signed for an immediate production. The studio forces in West Twenty-sixth Street burst now into activity. In less than two weeks from the first “shot” to the last cutting. Porter filmed a fourreel version of Monte Cristo. Then he rushed ahead on Zenda. The action involved swimming a moat. This called for a tank. The floor of the old armoury was frail. Frank Meyer found by measure and calculation that it would stand only a foot and a half of water. Even then.