program picture
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of program picture
First recorded in 1925–30
Example Sentences
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With less adroit handling Little Caesar might easily have been no more than a fair program picture and its central character merely a reflection of his many forerunners.
From Time Magazine Archive
Zukor spent $7,000 making The Prisoner of Zenda, a record price in 1912; by 1916 even an ordinary program picture cost $40,000; soon he was to make films that cost $1,000.000.
From Time Magazine Archive
Audiences who saw it last week thought it was a fair program picture.
From Time Magazine Archive
The audience at the premiere, expecting a conventional program picture, engaged in a riot.
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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