one-reeler
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of one-reeler
1915–20; one reel + -er 1
Example Sentences
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It now costs about $50,000 to make a Disney one-reeler and 650 people are kept busy on the $800,000 Disney lot in east Hollywood.
From Time Magazine Archive
The corps of boys and girls�drawn from both the Jeffrey and Tharp companies�did its best, wiggling and jerking in ways that sometimes recalled the old one-reeler days.
From Time Magazine Archive
A silent one-reeler, Saved from the Titanic, was released just one month after the event and starred an actress who had been onboard.
From Time Magazine Archive
At 16, he and brother Albert Warner, displayed "The Great Train Robbery", famed one-reeler, in lofts and stores of Pennsylvania and Ohio towns.
From Time Magazine Archive
Charlie's comic flare failed to ignite enthusiasm until the epochal one-reeler in which he tried on Fatty Arbuckle's pants and Chester Conklin's jacket.
From Time Magazine Archive
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