filmland
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of filmland
Example Sentences
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Unlike many other famous monsters of filmland, they have agency and intelligence.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 5, 2022
Apart from Disney’s poultry-movie team, is no one capitalizing on the proximity to filmland?
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 23, 2022
I wanted my anonymity and went back to my hometown where I became just as conspicuous as I would have been if I had continued on to filmland glory.
From New York Times • Dec. 7, 2010
Spiegel dusted off The African Queen, surprised filmland by casting it not with regular types like Robert Taylor and Betty Grable, but with a combination considered far-out indeed�Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn.
From Time Magazine Archive
In 1929 bald, acquisitive William Fox was the grand panjandrum of filmland.
From Time Magazine Archive
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