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What does celluloid mean?

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Noun
  1. Any of a variety of thermoplastics created from nitrocellulose and camphor, once used as photographic film.
  2. (figuratively, often used attributively) The genre of cinema; film.
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The dividing line between celluloid fantasy and the bountifully adorned starlets making their acceptance speeches gets blurred.
Before there was polyethylene there was celluloid, patented in 1870 by John and Isaiah Hyatt, the sons of a blacksmith.
Unknown to him, it became the genesis of a new film that has taken 14 long years to become a celluloid reality.
The dance is set up as wholesome bobby-soxer swing, but Hayworth projects a voluptuous energy that practically burns a hole in the celluloid.
Yes, the launch had the mandatory fashion show, with all the bigwigs, political and celluloid, in tandem.
The African experience is now also the subject of celluloid celebration in films such as Cry Freedom.

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