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double feature
double featuren. A movie program consisting of two full-length films.double feature n (Film) films a programme showing two full-length films. Informal name (US): twin bill dou′ble fea′ture
n. a motion-picture program of two feature films shown together for one admission price. [1930–35, Amer.] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  double feature - two games instead of one (especially in baseball when the same two teams play two games on the same day)doubleheader, twin billgame - a single play of a sport or other contest; "the game lasted two hours"nightcap - the final game of a double header |
double feature
double featureA 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, featuredouble featureAlso, 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, featuredouble featureTwo 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, featureAcronymsSeedisk farmdouble feature
Synonyms for double featurenoun two games instead of one (especially in baseball when the same two teams play two games on the same day)SynonymsRelated Words |