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Definition of Moving-picture show
1. Noun. A form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement. "The film was shot on location"
Generic synonyms: Product, Production, Show
Terms within: Episode, Sequence, Credit, Caption, Subtitle, Credits, Scene, Shot
Specialized synonyms: Telefilm, Feature, Feature Film, Final Cut, Home Movie, Collage Film, Coming Attraction, Shoot-'em-up, Short Subject, Docudrama, Documentary, Documentary Film, Infotainment, Cinema Verite, Film Noir, Skin Flick, Rough Cut, Silent Movie, Silent Picture, Silents, Slow Motion, Talkie, Talking Picture, 3-d, 3d, Three-d, Musical, Musical Comedy, Musical Theater
Examples of category: Dub, Synchronise, Synchronize, Film, Shoot, Take, Tape, Videotape, Reshoot
Derivative terms: Film, Film
Lexicographical Neighbors of Moving-picture Show
Literary usage of Moving-picture show
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1920)
"ATKINSON, J. In April, 1916, HV Manning, proprietor of a moving picture show at
Marietta, called "The Gem," sold the business to WA Sams under a written ..."
2. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1918)
"The operation of a moving picture show on Sunday near an Army camp is within the
operation of a statute forbidding the performance of labor or services ..."
3. Annotated Cases, American and English by H Noyes Greene, William Mark McKinney, David Shephard Garland (1918)
"488, 174 SW 16, wherein the defendant was found guilty of murder, it appeared
that the jury were taken by the officer in charge to a moving picture show on ..."
4. Report of the Social Survey Committee of the Consumers' League of Oregon on by Edwin Vincent O'Hara (1913)
"Moving Picture Show Cashiers. The cashiers of the moving picture shows, who have
been classified with office help, call for special mention on account of ..."
5. Modern Drama and Opera: Reading Lists on the Works of Various Authors by Clara A. Mulliken Norton, Frank Keller Walter, Fanny Elsie Marquand, Archibald Henderson (1915)
"moving-picture show and the living drama. (See Review of reviews, 45:-36, Mar., 1912.)
"The photo-play of the future will be represented, reproducing for ..."
6. Ohio Circuit Court Reports: New Series. Cases Adjudged in the Circuit Courts by Ohio Circuit Courts (1916)
"So a moving picture show is within the strict letter of the statute. ... In the
moving picture show there are human forms in action, exhibiting fear, ..."
7. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1920)
"ATKINSON, J. In April, 1916, HV Manning, proprietor of a moving picture show at
Marietta, called "The Gem," sold the business to WA Sams under a written ..."
8. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1918)
"The operation of a moving picture show on Sunday near an Army camp is within the
operation of a statute forbidding the performance of labor or services ..."
9. Annotated Cases, American and English by H Noyes Greene, William Mark McKinney, David Shephard Garland (1918)
"488, 174 SW 16, wherein the defendant was found guilty of murder, it appeared
that the jury were taken by the officer in charge to a moving picture show on ..."
10. Report of the Social Survey Committee of the Consumers' League of Oregon on by Edwin Vincent O'Hara (1913)
"Moving Picture Show Cashiers. The cashiers of the moving picture shows, who have
been classified with office help, call for special mention on account of ..."
11. Modern Drama and Opera: Reading Lists on the Works of Various Authors by Clara A. Mulliken Norton, Frank Keller Walter, Fanny Elsie Marquand, Archibald Henderson (1915)
"moving-picture show and the living drama. (See Review of reviews, 45:-36, Mar., 1912.)
"The photo-play of the future will be represented, reproducing for ..."
12. Ohio Circuit Court Reports: New Series. Cases Adjudged in the Circuit Courts by Ohio Circuit Courts (1916)
"So a moving picture show is within the strict letter of the statute. ... In the
moving picture show there are human forms in action, exhibiting fear, ..."
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