program picture

noun

1. a motion picture produced on a low budget, usually shown as the second film of a double feature.

Word History and Origins

Origin of program picture¹

First recorded in 1925–30

Example Sentences

The program picture, from 1985, showed Breslin standing on the street.

From Washington Times

"It's a fun program picture," Haberkamp said.

From Los Angeles Times

Renita Hill says in the lawsuit, a copy of which was obtained by EW, that she first met Cosby in 1988 at Pittsburgh’s Froggy Tavern to audition for the co-hosting position on his educational program Picture Pages when she was 16.

From Time

The audience at the premiere, expecting a conventional program picture, engaged in a riot.

From Time Magazine Archive

The way the race is worked out, to the drone, like the vibration of gigantic, loose 'cello strings, of the little cars, is the only thrill of this typical program picture.

From Time Magazine Archive