movie terms

[Mullins, Bill]

horror film -- OED has 1936

Pennsylvania | Warren | The Warren Tribune | 1928-08-14 p. 3 col 2.
[phrase appears in headline] "Horror Film Thrills Audience at Columbia"

PARISIAN CINEMA CHATTER
By MORRIS GILBERT.
New York Times; Feb 9, 1930; pg. 6X, col 5.
"It is probably simplest to discard all formulas and to describe "Le
Chien Andalou" simply as a horror film, which it truly is."

flickerite (movie actor) -- not in OED
Illinois | Edwardsville | The Edwardsville Intelligencer | 1936-04-30 p.
5 col 3.
"In Hollywood" by Paul Harrison
"Of all illustrious flickerites, the easiest to reach by telephone are
Irving
Thalberg and Norma Shearer-if you know the number.  They usually answer
calls personally."

Wisconsin | Appleton | Appleton Post Crescent | 1930-07-28
"Almost Everything is Visible in Hollywood" by Jessie Henderson
"But the flickerite deserving of pity is Charles Bickford who, with the
thermometer at over 90, had to gallop hither and yon, in an Alaskan fur
coat plus fur cap, plus knee length boots, fighting his way up Alaskan
slopes covered with synthetic snow which under the glow of the kliegs
was absolutely scorching to the touch."

klieg -- OED has 1925

Ohio | Elyria | The Chronicle Telegram | 1920-07-22 [1920-08-22 in
N'Archive index; actual date is from front page of this newspaper] p. 6
col 2.
"Movies"
 "Even if I am but a poor shepherd with a large family to support I
should spend my young life under Klieg lights and worry about double
exposures."

News and Features of the Screen and Drama L E WINCHELL
The Atlanta Constitution; Oct 31, 1920; pg. 3F col 2.
""Klieglights," the big lights with double carbon arcs, which are
generally diffused with ribbon glass or a semi-opaque curtain, to break
the sharpness of the light, are used for general illumination, or as a
prime, flat light to illuminate the entire setting or scene."
[see also cite for "Sun Arc" below]

frost [diffuser of light] (not in OED)
News and Features of the Screen and Drama L E WINCHELL
The Atlanta Constitution; Oct 31, 1920; pg. 3F col 2.
"These various degrees of intensity are obtained by regulating the size
of the beam of light and by use of a diffuser which fits in front of the
condenser, or lens, and is known as a "frost," because it is made of
"frost" paper.  This "frost" tones down the sharpness and intensity of
the light and makes it softer."

baby spot (not defined in OED; appears in citation for "grip", 1967, and
citation for "pin-spot", 1961, and citation for sunarc, 1928)
News and Features of the Screen and Drama L E WINCHELL
The Atlanta Constitution; Oct 31, 1920; pg. 3F col 3.
"At times it is also necessary to place what is known as a "baby spot"
on the floor and throw a beam of light up under the features of the
players."

sun arc -- OED has 1928
News and Features of the Screen and Drama L E WINCHELL
The Atlanta Constitution; Oct 31, 1920; pg. 3F col 3.
"The Sun Arc, a more powerfullight than either the Klieg or the
spotlight, is used for lighting up large settings, and also for
producing moonlight or sunlight effects through windows."


Klieg eyes -- OED has 1923
California | Oakland | Oakland Tribune | 1921-12-25 p.W3 col 5.
"Max Linder Is Blinded By Light Rays"
"His eyes must remain in black bandages, because if any light reaches
them it might cause permanent blindness. This is far worse than "Klieg
eyes." "

News and Features of the Screen and Drama L E WINCHELL
The Atlanta Constitution; Oct 31, 1920; pg. 3F col 5.
"Mr. Mills stated that "Kliegeyes," a common malady among motion picture
players, is not caused, as is sometimes supposed, by the carbon dust
which is a product of the heated arc."

silver screen -- OED has 1921

Nevada | Reno | Reno Evening Gazette | 1910-04-25 p. 14 col 1.
"Roosevelt in Africa at Luna Tomorrow"
"As announced in The Gazette last week, the Luna will present to its
patrons Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, the pictures of Roosevelt in
Africa.  On account of the extreme difficulties under which these
pictures were taken some of them are very dark, to over come which
difficulty the Luna will project them at a silver screen which gives to
black and white pictures a brilliancy to be obtained in no other way."

FILM LAND HISTORY TOLD IN EXPOSITION
New York Times May 7, 1916; pg. E3 col 4.
"The exposition was to have started with a parade of the stars of the
silver screen from Columbus Circle to Diana's Zenith, but, owing to the
fact that there was a police pageant in progress, it got out of focus
somewhere on the way."