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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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In the film, Vince Vaughn takes on the role of the restaurant's owner, Joe, and Manganiello plays his best friend, Bruno.—
Ralphie Aversa,
USA Today,
10 May 2025
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Veteran producer Levin’s credits include all the Hellboy feature film deals; executive producing four seasons of Preacher for AMC; handling the rights to the Steven Spielberg/Tom Hanks feature Road to Perdition, as well as setting up and executive producing The Boys.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
9 May 2025
Noun
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The Naked Gun! movies) will teach viewers his 15 rules of writing parody.—
Tony Maglio,
HollywoodReporter,
15 May 2025
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And Sally Hawkins’ character (Laura!) seems creepy as hell in the horror movie, masterminded by directors Danny and Michael Philippou (Talk to Me), due out May 30.—
Kory Grow,
Rolling Stone,
15 May 2025
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This is purposeful filmmaking, firm in its convictions.—
Stephanie Bunbury,
Deadline,
15 May 2025
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His gaze has reinvented the forms of contemporary filmmaking, creating a historiography in images that has exerted an incalculable influence on countless film directors.—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
15 May 2025
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The American Pie characters from the 1999 classic movie last got together in 2012’s American Pie Reunion — the film franchise’s fourth big screen installment — to catch up 13 years after their high school graduation.—
Brian Anthony Hernandez,
People.com,
17 May 2025
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The Little Sister stars big screen debutant Nadia Melliti as 17-year-old Fatima, who is grappling with her attraction to women, and her loyalty to her caring French-Algerian family, attempting to stay true to herself while reconciling different parts of her identity.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
15 May 2025
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“Silver screen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/silver%20screen. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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