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the art or business of making a movie
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Recent Examples of silver screen
In her recent book, An Intimate Look at Broadway, Hollywood, and the Age of Glamour, actor Nancy Olsen Livingston opined on the personal tribulations that the former silver screen heroine may have endured in her longest starring role as that of Rainier III’s spouse.
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Rob Crossan, JSTOR Daily, 21 Mar. 2025
Salvaging silver screens: As local movie houses close, residents in smaller U.S. towns are forming nonprofits to save them.
—Natasha Frost, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2025
But now in the 21st century, the unnamed narrator mourns, cinema is less about how to see than what to see, as viewers now rely on personal screens much more than on silver screens for their viewing pleasure.
—The Know, The Denver Post, 9 Mar. 2025
Steven Spielberg paid upwards of half a million dollars each for two awards formerly belonging to silver screen icons Clark Gable and Bette Davis.
—Jordan Runtagh, People.com, 2 Mar. 2025
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Rob Crossan, JSTOR Daily, 21 Mar. 2025
Salvaging silver screens: As local movie houses close, residents in smaller U.S. towns are forming nonprofits to save them.
—Natasha Frost, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2025
But now in the 21st century, the unnamed narrator mourns, cinema is less about how to see than what to see, as viewers now rely on personal screens much more than on silver screens for their viewing pleasure.
—The Know, The Denver Post, 9 Mar. 2025
Steven Spielberg paid upwards of half a million dollars each for two awards formerly belonging to silver screen icons Clark Gable and Bette Davis.
—Jordan Runtagh, People.com, 2 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for silver screen
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One insider reports that real drivers, some of whom appear as themselves in the film, give the movie a thumbs up.—
Marco della Cava,
USA Today,
26 June 2025
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In the original 1996 Happy Gilmore film, Adam Sandler’s title character learns to love the sub.—
Alex Weprin,
HollywoodReporter,
26 June 2025
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And the derangement of movie culture is consistent with that, as in the real-life horror of what recently wins endorsement — not just dreadful movies such as Sinners, Anora, The Brutalist, Emilia Pérez, Barbie, and Oppenheimer but the worst politicians, too.—
Armond White,
National Review,
20 June 2025
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Jim Carrey starred as The Grinch in a 2000 Ron Howard movie, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, and the story was later adapted as an animation by Universal Pictures and Illumination Entertainment as The Grinch in 2018.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
20 June 2025
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However, the Chinese film studios intend on preserving the spirit of the originals while breaking new ground in filmmaking.—
Michael Kan,
PC Magazine,
19 June 2025
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Streamer Tubi has pacted with Kickstarter to offer distribution opportunities for 20 or more producers who are tapping the crowdfunding platform to support independent filmmaking.—
William Earl,
Variety,
12 June 2025
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However, that film was embraced by audiences and managed to endure at the box office, ultimately ending its big screen run with $155 million domestically and $496 million globally.—
Rebecca Rubin,
Variety,
22 June 2025
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In addition to the Leo's message played on the park's big screen, the event will include words from people who knew Leo.—
Michael Loria,
USA Today,
14 June 2025
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“Silver screen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/silver%20screen. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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