Celluloid
A substance composed essentially of gun cotton and camphor, and when pure resembling ivory in texture and color, but variously colored to imitate coral, tortoise shell, amber, malachite, etc. It is used in the manufacture of jewelry and many small articles, as combs, brushes, collars, and cuffs; -- originally called xylonite.
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Celluloid Quotations
This award is meaningful because it comes from my fellow dealers in celluloid.
Alfred Hitchcock
Ecstasy is not really part of the scene we can do on celluloid.
Orson Welles
This is a career about images. It's celluloid; they last for ever. I'm a black woman from America. My people were slaves in America, and even though we're free on paper and in law, I'm not going to allow you to enslave me on film, in celluloid, for all to see.
Angela Bassett
Acting is fantastic, but to be able to create a whole world on celluloid is amazing. It's like taking your dreams straight from your head and projecting them onto a screen.
Amber Benson
Celluloid will be the next decade's black and white.
Danny Boyle
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Celluloid Translations
celluloid in German is Zelluloid
celluloid in Spanish is celuloide
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