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This Prop Master’s Work Is Hidden in Plain Sight

Cecil B. DeMille
Cecil B. DeMille honorarium in perpetuum • 3 March 2020
Propmaker Ross McDonald

Ross MacDonald makes his paper by making paper. For the last 25 years, he’s created tens of thousands of paper props for movies and television shows like “Baby’s Day Out,” “Silver Linings Playbook,” “Boardwalk Empire” and “Parks and Recreation.” From handwritten letters to driver’s licenses, each piece is custom made and thoughtfully imbued with backstory. Step into Ross’s Connecticut workshop to see how movie magic gets illustrated, aged, cut and copywritten.

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