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silver screen

noun

  1. motion pictures; the motion-picture industry.

    a star of the silver screen.

  2. a special screen on which motion pictures are projected.



silver screen

noun

  1. films collectively or the film industry

  2. the screen onto which films are projected

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of silver screen1

First recorded in 1915–20
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Something like “Blinding Lights” would feel right at home on the silver screen, used to score a scintillating car chase through the Miami streets on a scorching summer night.

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There is some evidence to suggest that Trump had the idea to open the cells of Alcatraz after watching its most acclaimed appearance on the silver screen.

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James Finlayson failed to make it as a lead man in Holywood but became one of the most memorable comic foils ever to grace the silver screen.

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Decades ago, movie audiences were eminently more forgiving when it came to filmmakers’ claims about needing to reshape history to accommodate the silver screen.

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However, she clearly saw the silver screen as a poor cousin of the theatre.

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