double feature

A program of two feature-length films shown one after the other, or (by extension) any program featuring two primary events back-to-back. They are showing the original film and its sequel in a fantastic double bill this Friday! Both the governor and state senator will speak as part of a double bill at the fundraising gala later this evening.

double feature

Also, double bill. A program consisting of two full-length films shown for the price of a single ticket. For example, It was a double feature and lasted five hours, or The women's conference had a double bill, first speakers from China and then visiting guests from the rest of the world . This expression is occasionally loosely used for other paired events (as in the second example). [c. 1930]

double feature

Two movies for the price of one. Movie theater owners during the Great Depression of the 1930s hit on the idea of attracting more business during those troubled times by offering not one but two feature-length films. That was in addition to the newsreels, cartoons, serial episodes, coming-attraction trailers, and short subjects that moviegoers had grown accustomed to seeing. The two films were not of equal quality. One was the feature, the star-studded movie that people wanted to see. The second feature was a B movie. Double features lasted through World War II up to the 1960s, when the studios insisting that theaters rent two films at a time was declared illegal.

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释义	double feature double feature A program of two feature-length films shown one after the other, or (by extension) any program featuring two primary events back-to-back. They are showing the original film and its sequel in a fantastic double bill this Friday! Both the governor and state senator will speak as part of a double bill at the fundraising gala later this evening. See also: double, feature Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. double feature Also, double bill. A program consisting of two full-length films shown for the price of a single ticket. For example, It was a double feature and lasted five hours, or The women's conference had a double bill, first speakers from China and then visiting guests from the rest of the world . This expression is occasionally loosely used for other paired events (as in the second example). [c. 1930] See also: double, feature The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. double feature Two movies for the price of one. Movie theater owners during the Great Depression of the 1930s hit on the idea of attracting more business during those troubled times by offering not one but two feature-length films. That was in addition to the newsreels, cartoons, serial episodes, coming-attraction trailers, and short subjects that moviegoers had grown accustomed to seeing. The two films were not of equal quality. One was the feature, the star-studded movie that people wanted to see. The second feature was a B movie. Double features lasted through World War II up to the 1960s, when the studios insisting that theaters rent two films at a time was declared illegal. See also: double, feature Endangered Phrases by Steven D. Price See also: double bill come back and see us be/go back to square one back back at (something or some place) echo back to back to square one a while back back door be back on the rails References in periodicals archive Double features or double bills involve the exhibition of two movies paired together for a single ticket price. DOUBLE FEATURES AND EXHIBITION PROGRAMMING CHOICES BY DRIVE-IN MOVIE THEATRES Double feature, adults, pounds 9; children and concessions, pounds 6.50. Theatre of dreams; Anne and Stuart Brown took their sons Mark, 16, and Paul, 14, to Glasgow's new IMAX Theatre Planet Terror is preceded by a fake trailer for a film titled Machete, starring Danny Trejo and Cheech Marin, as it had during the original double feature presentation of Grindhouse. Fall in love with terrible zombie tale (https://www.ibtimes.com/how-cheetah-girls-paved-way-disney-channels-future-musical-movies-2708796) Disney Channel will have three nights of double features. On Tuesday, Oct. How To Watch 'Halloweentown' On Its 20th Anniversary Jewish Events Willamette-Valley - The Eugene Jewish Film Festival double feature at 2 p.m. THE BULLETIN Kingsport, TN, June 23, 2013 --(PR.com)-- The Kingsport Office of Small Business Development & Entrepreneurship (KOSBE) is hosting a Double Feature event on Thursday, July 11, 2013, at the Kingsport Chamber of Commerce featuring export trade. KOSBE/TSBDC Hosts International Exporting Trade Seminar Double Feature for Lenders and International Trade Professionals The book, by Alan Goldsher, is being brought to life by movie company Double Feature, whose bosses produced hits such as Pulp Fiction and Erin Brockovich, according to leading film blog Deadline. Fab Four to star in zombie movie We wanted to make a great double feature with 'Training Day,' and I think we have. 'Finest' moments PLANET TERROR was originally released in cinemas with its counterpart Death Proof as part of the Grindhouse double feature. Denzel sets out to break the Mob rules It's necessary to incorporate aspects from other fieldsmodern choreographers and Broadway choreographers like Susan Stroman, who did Double Feature (2004), an original story that people could relate to. Beyond ballet bashing: making ballet a more vital art form The double feature that night was two movies about dating: Hitch, in which Will Smith coaches schlubby guys (most prominently Kevin James) to win the hearts and minds of supermodels (in this case, Amber Valletta), and The Wedding Date, in which Debra Messing hires a male escort (who only escorts women) to fly with her to London and convince her family that, though publicly jilted by a previous boyfriend, she has been able to land a prince of a guy, and in record time. Just like in the movies: I yearn for romantic movies to be gay. In Hitch, I wanted Will Smith to tell me what it takes for a fat guy to nail Marcus Schenkenberg The Biograph was an art house, the only place in the city where some films could be seen; these were sometimes scheduled as the second film of a double feature, which would typically end too late for patrons to return home before the curfew began. Do You Know Where Your Children Are? The movie's length - some disparaging critics claimed that the original battle seemed shorter - was daunting, despite an intermission that virtually turned it into a double feature. At home, the ability to stop the video while going for snacks or to the bathroom makes prospects more palatable. Gettysburg Title: Killing Floor: Double Feature Platform: PS4 Genre: Shooter Price: PS34.99 More a repackage than a new release, Killing Floor: Double Feature provides an explosive point of entry to the none-more-gruesome shooter series. From political intrigue to the drama of the courtroom; THIS WEEK'S GAMES St Matthew's will also play host to a double feature film night featuring Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Ghostbusters on a state-of-the-art HD cinema screen. Duo have designs on Paisley Comic Con fest
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