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

Word History and Origins

Origin of silver screen¹

First recorded in 1915–20

Example Sentences

His renaissance on the silver screen is well-earned, considering that the actor has devoted himself to entertaining audiences, appearing in nearly 100 titles across his career.

From TechCrunch

Despite boasting resolutions that silver screens provide, most of the TVs in the market today lack in the sound department in exchange for thinner frames.

From Popular-Science

Her name was Courtney, and she was a fashion editor for magazines like Photoplay, Screenland, Silver Screen.

From The Daily Beast

On Christmas weekend, a North Korean tyrant has decided what American teenagers will see on the silver screen.

From The Daily Beast

The compilation also brought the Nazi-riffic Apt Pupil and leach-tastic The Body (aka Stand By Me) to the silver screen.

From The Daily Beast

It just, recently, has stopped being scripted on the silver screen.

From The Daily Beast

His pulpy brand of crime fiction will live on not only in paperback form, but also on the silver screen.

From The Daily Beast

A small movie projector began to purr; a bright rectangle was thrown upon the silver screen and then, Lee stirred.

From Project Gutenberg

Acknowledged by producers, directors, film stars and the public alike as an authority on the silver screen art.

From Project Gutenberg

Across its silver screen there passed a long procession of pictures.

From Project Gutenberg

And on a far wall, facing them all, hung a silver screen, fifty feet square.

From Project Gutenberg

What was unrolled on the silver screen were chapters from Lee's own life.

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