celluloid

Example Sentences

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When I took his father’s 16-millimeter home movies, blowtorched them to a piece of wood and made a celluloid Jackson Pollock, they clapped.

From New York Times

Disney met his wife at the offices, after the company hired her to work as an inker who traced the animators’ drawings onto celluloid sheets to be photographed for production.

From New York Times

Decades before movie moguls produced celluloid heroes, oil claimed the spotlight in Los Angeles.

From Salon

Then he gloriously hams his way through every inch of proverbial celluloid in a way that makes you love him even more than you love hating him.

From Salon

She is thrilling in the role, with a scowl that burns through the celluloid and a dark, mordant energy.

From New York Times