silver screen

Definition

An early type of cinema screen which had a coating of silver or another shiny metal.

Example Sentences

• "The smooth silver screen is well suited to color reproduction for its metallic particles emphasize colors and increase brightness above the level of the matte white screen."
• "The Leonard H. Goldenson Theater at the Academy of Television Arts and Science (ATAS) was converted to a contemporary 8/70 venue, utilizing a projection system from MegaSystems and a silver screen from Harkness Hall."
• "A single projector running Vectograph motion picture film, with a silver screen and the audience wearing Polaroid glasses, would have eliminated many of the difficulties and errors that can arise with both twin-strip and single-strip stereoscopic projection."