silver screen

• Terme désignant le cinéma ou l'industrie cinématographique, issu des premiers écrans de projection recouverts d'une pellicule réfléchissante argentée.

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.

   le grand écran (l'industrie du cinéma)

   • 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.