![]() ![]() In 2017, Walsh was working in New Mexico as production designer on the Netflix western series “Longmire” when he got a call from Coakley. In the short version of the story, the Backdrop Recovery Project began with a phone call. (Melinda Sue Gordon/ADG Backdrop Recovery Project) Those not making money as rentals are literally just taking up space. Even when rolled or folded, backdrops are big, difficult to move, and require temperature-controlled storage. Over the years, JC Backings has regularly, and out of necessity, culled its collection. A business that has increasingly shifted away from painted backings to photograph and digital versions. JC Backings is one of the best known of the now handful of rental companies with the most notable collection of historic backdrops in the business. Nowadays almost all backings, painted and otherwise, are furnished by rental companies. In the 1950s, a few scenic artists realized this was not a great system, that studios somehow sharing backings might work better, and a few artists began striking out on their own, painting and purchasing various backdrops they would then rent out. ![]() In the early years of Hollywood, studios hired artists to paint their own backings, which were sometimes used repeatedly and sometimes thrown away, depending on need, space and the studio’s financials. ![]()
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