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Message: <blockquote data-quote="TJP" data-source="post: 429484" data-attributes="member: 5151">Like most movie studios, Lorimar reused most of the props. picture cars and set dressing items in other productions.  We have a whole section of cross-references of that kind: <a href="https://www.falconcrest.org/english/master.php?path=show/productionoffice/beyond" target="_blank">https://www.falconcrest.org/english/master.php?path=show/productionoffice/beyond</a>  —  although it is written from the perspective of "Falcon Crest", you will find some relations to "Dallas", "Knots Landing" and other shows.   Warner Bros., as successor-in-interest to Lorimar, still has many of the props from those shows in their prop department.  They are not only available for their own productions, but also on a rental basis to other industry professionals.Usually, props and sets that were highly specific and easily recognizable did not get reused, but were either changed and redressed (the usual thing for set elements) or destroyed (like the faux stained glass replica of the Falcon Crest Victorian Mansion front doors, stairway window and the other "usual" stained glass window which was constantly moving around in the Mansion wherever they needed it).Some pieces were given to staff and crew members or the cast, particularly if the requested them.  Some cast members had a wardrobe deal in their contracts and were free to keep their clothes from the show (but that was limited to just a few people); most clothes were altered and reused for other purposes, some were sold off.Of course, some other props were sold over time, either to other studios or in auctions.  Since so much time has passed since these shows were filmed, there are not many props left that circulate on the open market.</blockquote>

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