silver screens

Where films play

Silver screens originally refers to the reflective movie theater screens onto which films are projected.

The term now serves as a metonym for cinema itself: She dreamed of appearing on the silver screen.

Hollywood and the film industry generally trade under this romantic label: a legend of the silver screen.

Related

marquee · drive-in · premiere · red carpet · cinema · picture show · classic films · talkies · blockbuster · box office · directors · theater · actors · golden age · celluloid · IMAX · flicks · Oscars

Opposites
medium/platform

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Broadcast viewing device

TV · home screens · streaming · boob tube · idiot box

entertainment format

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Theatrical performance area

Broadway · live performance · concert halls · opera houses · live music venues

cultural prestige

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Serialized melodramatic television programs

reality television · B-movies · direct-to-streaming · home video

Family

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Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G