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movieland

American  
[moo-vee-land] / ˈmu viˌlænd /

noun

  1. a place where many motion pictures are made, especially Hollywood, California.

  2. 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

First recorded in 1910–15; movie + land


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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

Rooney Mara and the spectral emanation of Amanda Seyfried both show up, as does Hugh Jackman, the hardest-working man in movieland, playing Blackbeard, Peter’s pirate nemesis.

From New York Times ● Oct. 8, 2015

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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