program picture

American  

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of program picture

First recorded in 1925–30

Example Sentences

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program picture

D. W. Griffith, greatest of directors, has temporarily abandoned the production of vast pageants for the more commercial 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

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

The way the race is worked out, to the drone, like the vibration of gigantic, loose 'cello strings, of the little cars, is the only thrill of this typical program picture.

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.