picture show — noun a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement they went to a movie every Saturday night the film was shot on location • Syn: ↑movie, ↑film, ↑picture, ↑moving picture … Useful english dictionary
motion picture — noun a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement (Freq. 9) they went to a movie every Saturday night the film was shot on location • Syn: ↑movie, ↑film, ↑picture,… … Useful english dictionary
motion picture — Synonyms and related words: 3 D, Cinemascope, Cinerama, Technicolor, Western, animated cartoon, black and white film, boom shot, cartoon, chiller, cine, cinema, close up, color film, creepie, deuce shot, documentary, documentary film, educational … Moby Thesaurus
picture show — Synonyms and related words: 3 D, Cinemascope, Cinerama, Technicolor, Western, animated cartoon, black and white film, cartoon, chiller, cine, cinema, color film, creepie, documentary, documentary film, educational film, feature, film, flick,… … Moby Thesaurus
motion picture — motion picture, adj. 1. a sequence of consecutive pictures of objects photographed in motion by a specially designed camera (motion picture camera) and thrown on a screen by a projector (motion picture projector) in such rapid succession as to… … Universalium
Motion Picture Funnies Weekly — Planned premiere issue (1939). Cover art, possibly colorized in this scan, by Fred Schwab or Martin Filchock (sources differ) Publication information … Wikipedia
motion picture — [n] movie cine, cinema, cinematics, cinematograph, feature film, film, flick*, moving picture, picture show, silver screen*, talkie*, talking picture, videotape; concepts 263,293 … New thesaurus
moving-picture show — noun a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement they went to a movie every Saturday night the film was shot on location • Syn: ↑movie, ↑film, ↑picture, ↑moving picture … Useful english dictionary
motion picture, history of the — Introduction history of the medium from the 19th century to the present. Early years, 1830–1910 Origins The illusion of motion pictures is based on the optical phenomena known as persistence of vision and the phi phenomenon. The first … Universalium
Motion picture rating system — Parental Guidance redirects here. For the Singaporean TV series, see Parental Guidance (TV series). For the Judas Priest song, see Parental Guidance (song). A motion picture rating system is designated to classify films with regard to suitability … Wikipedia