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'''''A Trip to Paramountown''''' is([[1922 ain film|1922]]) shortis subjecta short [[silent film]] produced by [[Famous Players-Lasky]] and released through [[Paramount Pictures]] as an exposé of the studio itself. ItThe film was an effort, upon the tenth anniversary of Paramount, to show film people in normal everyday work settings in light of recent tragedies associated with the studiofilm i.e.industry, such the scandal concerning star [[Roscoe Arbuckle]] involved in the death of [[Virginia Rappe]], the death of actress [[Olive Thomas]], and the murder of director [[William Desmond Taylor]].

The film runs about 20 minutes, the length of a normal 2 reel comedy of the silent era and features many personalities then under contract to [[Famous Players-Lasky]] and [[Paramount Pictures]]. This is a surviving short film. It influenced later studio related scripted film fair such as Paramount's own ''[[Hollywood (1923 film)|Hollywood]]'' (1923), [[Goldwyn Pictures|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 MGMs ''MGM Studio Tour'' (1925).<ref>[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/T/TripThroughTheParamoun1927.html SilentEra entry''</ref>