silver sheet

Noun

silver sheet (plural silver sheets)

1. A thin sheet of silver, e.g. used in metalworking or jewellery.

   Synonyms:

   silver screen, big screen

2. (colloquial, dated) A cinema screen onto which movies are projected.
   • Famous Players-Lasky Corporation, producers of Paramount Pictures today, has its product displayed upon the silver sheet in every country where there is a projection machine.1920, Charles Donald Fox, Milton L. Silver, editors, Who's Who on the Screen, page 2
   • Ushers rushed up and dragged the belligerent one off before serious damage was done either to himself or the silver sheet.1940 August 28, Variety, page 8
3. (dated, idiomatic) By extension, movies, the film industry, or that which is related to movies or cinema (often preceded with "the")
   • After years in local theatre productions, he made his debut on the silver sheet and became known around the world.
   • I began writing for the screen, which hadn't as yet been christened the "silver sheet," while employed on the Dramatic Mirror in New York City1921 June, Frank E. Woods, “Confidentially...”, in The Photodramatist, page 7