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[Dan'l Danehy-Oakes]

Sergei SOLOVIEV wrote:

> "Silver screen" is (or at least was in 70-es) a commonplace
> speaking about the television.

Actually, the phrase usually refers to movie screens. It comes from
the "silver lenticular screen" which was in common use in the Olde
Dayes of Movies. But I don't think that changes the relevance of the
reference; the screens in the manteions, at least, are surely large
projection-type screens.

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Dan'l Danehy-Oakes