G&S Film Co.

This collection of 118 hand-picked original silver gelatin prints from a collection of about 400, still scented with film developer, was recovered from the Sherman Oaks estate of a former darkroom technician turned Hollywood producer. Handwritten enlargement notes date the prints to 1950. Originating from G&S Film Co., located at 8253 Melrose Avenue—now the site of a Reformation Vintage—the images are marked with studio stamps that read "Property of G&S Film Co." and include handwritten graphite annotations identifying performers by name and act number.

G&S Film Co. was a prominent producer of burlesque short films and glamour photography throughout the 1940s and 1950s, operating within a network of independent Los Angeles studios specializing in mid-century “men’s interest” media.

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