silver screen

noun

Definition of silver screennext
as in film
the art or business of making a movie a list of the top 100 stars of the silver screen

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Recent Examples of silver screen Look no further than Gen-X silver screen icon Ethan Hawke. — Nate Freeman, Vanity Fair, 19 May 2026 The first edition falls on the 70th anniversary of the day Carmen Jones, Otto Preminger’s seminal musical starring Black silver screen pioneers Dorothy Dandridge and Harry Belafonte, debuted at Cannes. — Zac Ntim, Deadline, 11 May 2026 Several silver screen adaptations followed, including Peter Brook’s 1963 take and Harry Hook’s 1990 movie. — Connor Sturges, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 May 2026 Golden Globes hair 2026 channeled silver screen elegance with movie star bobs, sculptural waves, and vintage styles owning the night. — Grace McCarty, Glamour, 12 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for silver screen
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  1. film
  2. movie
  3. filmmaking
  4. big screen
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  • The film’s massive ensemble cast also features Zendaya, Robert Pattinson, Charlize Theron, Samantha Morton, Lupita Nyong’o, Elliott Page, Himesh Patel, Jon Bernthal, Benny Safdie, Corey Hawkins, Mia Goth, James Remar and the voice of Bill Irwin.
    — Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
  • However, the role was most famously played by actor John Travolta in the 2007 version of the film.
    — Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 23 July 2026
Definition of film
Noun
  • Taylor Zakhar Perez, Jessica Alba, Adeline Rudolph, Taylor Ortega, Tim Meadows and Dan Bucatinsky will also star in the movie.
    — Angelique Jackson, Variety, 22 July 2026
  • Moviegoing Has Become More Event-Driven Streaming has made ordinary movie consumption extraordinarily convenient, which raises the bar for getting people into theaters.
    — David Deal, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
Definition of movie
Noun
  • Those concerns echo comments Kashyap made earlier this year about the pressures facing contemporary cinema, particularly independent filmmaking in an increasingly fragmented viewing environment.
    — Lin Ying-Hsuan, Variety, 21 July 2026
  • There is a romanticized version of independent filmmaking that people often imagine — a passionate artist with a great script, a group of believers, and a dream that somehow finds its way to the screen.
    — DJ Hale, IndieWire, 23 June 2026
Definition of filmmaking
Noun
  • Whether The Odyssey will have as big a showing at the Oscars as Oppenheimer is yet to be determined, but in all likelihood Nolan’s new big screen epic will follow the same PVOD strategy as his film predecessor.
    — Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
  • In addition to the free concerts, the Fan Fest will show the remaining quarterfinal games on its big screen and smaller screens set up around the festival grounds.
    — Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 7 July 2026
Definition of big screen

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“Silver screen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/silver%20screen. Accessed 23 Jul. 2026.

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