program picture

American  

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of program picture

First recorded in 1925–30

Example Sentences

Almost every program picture contains at least one new idea.

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

Audiences who saw it last week thought it was a fair program picture.

From Time Magazine Archive

Aside from this defect, Rome Express, by far the most successful effort yet imported from England, is a more than passable program picture.

From Time Magazine Archive

The feature was a south sea love drama produced by a rival studio and it was typical program picture with nothing to make it outstanding in interest.

From Janet Hardy in Radio City by Wheeler, Ruthe S.