silver screen
noun
motion pictures; the motion-picture industry: a star of the silver screen.
a special screen on which motion pictures are projected.
Origin of silver screen
First recorded in 1915–20
Words nearby silver screen
Example sentences from the Web for silver screen
From a crackhead to Sam Kinison to even Jon Stewart, Marlow Stern on the best bad apples in the bunch of silver-screen teachers.
British Dictionary definitions for silver screen
silver screen
noun the silver screen informal
films collectively or the film industry
the screen onto which films are projected