movieland
Americannoun
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a place where many motion pictures are made, especially Hollywood, California.
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the motion-picture industry, especially considered as including the people who work in it, their attitudes, way of life, etc..
Movieland has yet to produce low-budget films that are consistently good.
Etymology
Origin of movieland
Example Sentences
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Much of Todd Haynes’s sly, unnerving “May December” takes place in and around a picture-perfect home, that favorite movieland setting for American dreams turned nightmares.
From New York Times • Nov. 30, 2023
Its savior since 1997 has been Falzone, a former Broadway theater performer who came West in search of his movieland dreams.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2023
“It’s got that movieland history as a classic filming location and as a destination where the stars arrived in town during Hollywood’s Golden Age.”
From Seattle Times • Apr. 21, 2021
Siegel did have movie star friends, but the true story of his involvement with the Flamingo casino is also the story of a much bigger movieland player: Hollywood Reporter founder/publisher/columnist Billy Wilkerson.
From Slate • Jan. 8, 2019
The movieland romance of Rpattz and Kstew might be history — or might not, since the subject was never baldly broached — but a famous fella could still get consolation from a stranger.
From Time • Aug. 16, 2012
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