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program picture

American  

noun

  1. a motion picture produced on a low budget, usually shown as the second film of a double feature.


Etymology

Origin of program picture

First recorded in 1925–30

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Aside from this defect, Rome Express, by far the most successful effort yet imported from England, is a more than passable program picture.

From Time Magazine Archive

Audiences who saw it last week thought it was a fair program picture.

From Time Magazine Archive

Although this was a successful Broadway musical show four years ago even such talented entertainers as Charles Ruggles and Frank Morgan can hardly make a fair program picture out of it in its present form.

From Time Magazine Archive

It has been made into a satisfactory program picture that was advertised at some houses last week without a title in the firesign, being indicated simply as "Clara Bow's Latest."

From Time Magazine Archive

The feature was a south sea love drama produced by a rival studio and it was typical program picture with nothing to make it outstanding in interest.

From Janet Hardy in Radio City by Wheeler, Ruthe S.

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