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Synonyms for silver screen


Grammar : Noun



Définition of silver screen

Origin :
  • 1921, originally in reference to movie house projection screens colored with metallic paint to be more reflective. Transferred sense of "movies generally" is attested from 1924.
  • noun motion picture industry
Example sentences :
  • Across its silver screen there passed a long procession of pictures.
  • Extract from : « The Red Lure » by Roy J. Snell
  • And on a far wall, facing them all, hung a silver screen, fifty feet square.
  • Extract from : « The Valley » by Richard Stockham
  • What was unrolled on the silver screen were chapters from Lee's own life.
  • Extract from : « The Brain » by Alexander Blade
  • A small movie projector began to purr; a bright rectangle was thrown upon the silver screen and then, Lee stirred.
  • Extract from : « The Brain » by Alexander Blade
  • Acknowledged by producers, directors, film stars and the public alike as an authority on the silver screen art.
  • Extract from : « What's in the New York Evening Journal » by New York Evening Journal

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