Meaning of silver sheet | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A thin sheet of silver, e.g. used in metalworking or jewellery.
2. A cinema screen onto which movies are projected.
   colloquial, dated
3. By extension, movies, the film industry, or that which is related to movies or cinema (often preceded with "the")
   dated, idiomatic

Examples

“Famous Players-Lasky Corporation, producers of Paramount Pictures today, has its product displayed upon the silver sheet in every country where there is a projection machine.”

“Ushers rushed up and dragged the belligerent one off before serious damage was done either to himself or the silver sheet.”

“After years in local theatre productions, he made his debut on the silver sheet and became known around the world.”

“I began writing for the screen, which hadn't as yet been christened the "silver sheet," while employed on the Dramatic Mirror in New York City”

“On the screen Virginia Valli impresses one as mature, womanly, and reserved; off the silver sheet there is an elfin charm about her...”

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