program picture
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of program picture
First recorded in 1925–30
Example Sentences
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The audience at the premiere, expecting a conventional program picture, engaged in a riot.
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
Desirable combines these two stories in a program picture which contains a few well-written sequences but not enough to make it valid either as comedy or problem play.
From Time Magazine Archive
Almost every program picture contains at least one new idea.
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 Ruthe S. Wheeler
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