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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The 92-year-old actor, who retired from Hollywood in 2023, is making his return to the silver screen alongside his bestie Vin Diesel in a forthcoming sequel to their 2015 fantasy film, The Last Witch Hunter.
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Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 8 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
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Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 8 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
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“The silver screen.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20silver%20screen. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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