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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Rocker Isaac Middleton is bringing his musical talents from the Nashville stage to the silver screen. Audrey Gibbs, Nashville Tennessean, 17 Oct. 2025 Lakshmi will back on the silver screen with America’s Culinary Cup, a cooking competition series on CBS set to air in early 2026. Sabrina Weiss, PEOPLE, 14 Oct. 2025 Although, says makeup artist Erin Parsons, the first Gothic makeup may have appeared on the silver screen even earlier with actor Musidora’s vampy look in the silent French film Les Vampires. Sophia Panych, Allure, 8 Oct. 2025 Silent films like Les Vampires (1915) and Nosferatu (1922) demonstrate how these bloodsucking entities have a haunting appeal that naturally lend themselves to the silver screen. Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Oct. 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 21 Oct. 2025.

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