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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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On Tuesday, June 24, the General Hospital actor’s film premiered at the Dances with Films Los Angeles festival at TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, Calif.—
Charna Flam,
People.com,
26 June 2025
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His answer is both thoughtful and humble, and perhaps perfectly fitting for a seasoned actor who’s taken on countless roles in Korean film and TV over the past 32 years.—
Regina Kim,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2025
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This new Running Man is one of many Stephen King TV/movie adaptations in the works.—
Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
1 July 2025
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One of Netflix’s big movie plays for July is the sequel to its very silly but very fun action fantasy film The Old Guard.—
Abid Rahman,
HollywoodReporter,
1 July 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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Prior to Pearl Harbor, Beckinsale – who is the daughter of late UK TV comedy star Richard Beckinsale but has long made her home in Hollywood – made her big screen breakthrough in Kenneth Branagh’s Much Ado About Nothing (1993).—
Caroline Frost,
Deadline,
14 June 2025
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“Silver screen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/silver%20screen. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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