{"id":2495546,"date":"2026-07-09T20:25:49","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T20:25:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2495546"},"modified":"2026-07-09T20:25:49","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T20:25:49","slug":"this-prop-house-supplies-hollywoods-biggest-movies-now-its-struggling-to-survive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/this-prop-house-supplies-hollywoods-biggest-movies-now-its-struggling-to-survive\/","title":{"rendered":"This prop house supplies Hollywood\u2019s biggest movies, now it\u2019s struggling to survive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F2%2F2026%2F07%2Fnewspress-collage-p5bd7g295-1783628014340.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall%261783613671\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<p>\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"This Prop House Supplies Hollywood&amp;apos;s Biggest Movies, Now It&amp;apos;s Struggling To Survive\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ia14rQcF3pQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>After decades of supplying props to some of Hollywood\u2019s most iconic films, including \u201cTitanic,\u201d \u201cForrest Gump\u201d and \u201cOppenheimer,\u201d History for Hire Prop House recently laid off employees and cut worker hours.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/06\/19\/business\/los-angeles-fighting-to-restore-hollywood\/\">With so much production leaving the United States<\/a>, it absolutely has affected my business a lot,\u201d says History for Hire Co-Founder Pam Elyea.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have definitely seen a pretty serious decrease in the amount of rentals that we\u2019ve done over the past three years.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>History For Hire prop house co-founder Pam Elyea in North Hollywood, California, May 8, 2026. <span class=\"credit\">Jonathan Alcorn for CA Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Pam Elyea shows some of the guitars available to rent from History For Hire. <span class=\"credit\">Jonathan Alcorn for CA Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>History for Hire has supplied military uniforms to \u201cForrest Gump\u201d and \u201cWolverine\u201d, guitars to \u201cWalk the Line\u201d and \u201cA Complete Unknown,\u201d old-fashioned cameras to \u201cAnchorman,\u201d old-fashioned telephones to \u201cMad Men\u201d and \u201cBonnie and Clyde,\u201d and even Ryan Gosling\u2019s piano stool for \u201cLa La Land.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Now the small business, founded in the 80s, is struggling to survive as it increasingly ships props to sets overseas instead of to sets in Los Angeles.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In 2025, the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/filmla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/FilmLA-research-Q4-YTD-2025-report.pdf\">number of shoot days recorded<\/a> in LA County was down about 50% since 2018, the lowest figure ever recorded, aside from 2020, according to FilmLA.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Pam Elyea and History For Hire have lost business as filming has moved to other cities. <span class=\"credit\">Jonathan Alcorn for CA Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>History For Hire prop house. <span class=\"credit\">Jonathan Alcorn for CA Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>That\u2019s happening as other states and countries are luring Hollywood productions away with major financial incentives, and filmmakers struggle with LA\u2019s excessive red tape and fees.<\/p>\n<p>History for Hire\u2019s props are increasingly traveling to the places stealing productions from LA.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Watch the video to find out where they\u2019re going, and how this trend is negatively impacting the company\u2019s bottom line.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source celebrity.land \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After decades of supplying props to some of Hollywood\u2019s most iconic films, including \u201cTitanic,\u201d \u201cForrest Gump\u201d and \u201cOppenheimer,\u201d History for Hire Prop House recently laid off employees and cut worker hours. \u201cWith so much production leaving the United States, it absolutely has affected my business a lot,\u201d says History for Hire Co-Founder Pam Elyea.\u00a0 \u201cI 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