one-reeler

American  

[wuhn-ree-ler] / ˈwʌnˈri lər /

noun

1. a motion picture, especially a cartoon or comedy, of 10 to 12 minutes' duration and contained on one reel of film: popular especially in the era of silent films.

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Etymology

Origin of one-reeler

1915–20; one reel + -er ¹

Example Sentences

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

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.

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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.

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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

A silent one-reeler, Saved from the Titanic, was released just one month after the event and starred an actress who had been onboard.

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