the silver screen

noun

old-fashioned
1
: a screen in a movie theater
one of the greatest films ever to hit the silver screen
2
: movies in general
stars of the silver screen

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On the silver screen, Maynard made a brief appearance opposite Tom Cruise in Edge of Tomorrow (2014). Allison Degrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Sep. 2025 While Israel proceeds with its war against Hamas in Gaza, Israeli and Palestinian documentary filmmakers are engaging in a cultural competition on the silver screen as both sides vie for global attention to share their points of view. David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 30 Aug. 2025 Since the stroke, the family moved to Colorado for the best medical support, putting another kind of distance between Clark Credle and the silver screen. Nikki Sternberg, HollywoodReporter, 6 Aug. 2025 Brown—whose greatest exploits, unlike those of Poitier and Washington, have been on television rather than on the silver screen—is back on TV at a more muddled juncture in the American racial story. Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 2 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for the silver screen

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“The silver screen.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20silver%20screen. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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