screen-test

[skreen-test]

verb (used with object)

to give a screen test to: The studio screen-tested 400 children before casting the part.

verb (used without object)

to undergo a screen test: Dozens of actors have screen-tested for the role.

Origin of screen-test

First recorded in 1965–70; v. use of noun phrase screen test

screen test

noun

a filmed audition to determine the suitability of an individual for appearing or acting in a motion picture.

Origin of screen test

First recorded in 1920–25

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Examples from the Web for screen-test

Contemporary Examples of screen-test

In 1989, Lowe jets off to Paris to screen-test for a part in a Roman Polanski project opposite Jack Nicholson called Pirates.
Rob Lowe's Memoir Revealed
Marlow Stern
April 25, 2011

British Dictionary definitions for screen-test

screen test

noun

a filmed audition of a prospective actor or actress to test suitability

the test film so made

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