silver screen

• Umgangssprachliche Bezeichnung für das Kino oder die Filmindustrie; ursprünglich bezog sie sich auf die versilberten Leinwände des frühen Kinos.

A term referring to the cinema or motion picture industry, originally describing early movie screens that had a reflective silver coating.

1. Movie industryB2formal

   A term used to refer to the film industry or cinema in general, originally referring to the silver-colored screen used in early movie theaters.

   Filmindustrie

   • She dreamed of making it big on the silver screen.
   • The golden age of the silver screen produced many classic films.
   • He is a legendary figure of the silver screen.