The magic of Hollywood, in a Valencia warehouse, rolled up and waiting to be claimed. These are the 90 painted backdrops that remain of more than 200 saved through the Art Directors Guild Backdrop ...

They're just paint and canvas, but in Hollywood's Golden Age, painted backdrops played a vital role in the magic of movies, creating cities, sunsets, or anything else a director could imagine.

Those large-scale backdrops transported viewers into eras and locations far from the confines of the LA studio lot, whether the Austrian Alps in the Sound of Music or Ancient Rome – created for ...