Behold The Backdrop

If you've ever seen "North By Northwest," you were probably captivated by the escape scene at Mount Rushmore.

The adrenaline-packed two minutes seemed to be shot on location, but we can thank the magic of Hollywood for this show-stopping footage.

It was this 90-foot wide scenic backdrop — along with others made for the movies between 1938 and 1968 — that is the focus of the exhibit “Art of The Hollywood Backdrop: Cinema’s Creative Legacy” at the Boca Raton Museum of Art.

“This is a celebration of a popular art form that had almost been forgotten; and it is now time to acknowledge the authorship of the painting of Mount Rushmore, Ben-Hur’s Rome, the Von Trapp Family’s Austrian Alps, and Gene Kelly’s Paris street scene,” notes the museum’s website. “The exhibition celebrates Hollywood’s masters of illusion and perspective, who heretofore have received little recognition for their talent or applause for their essential role in making film magic.”

For more information, visit bocamuseum.org.