Then, in an instant, the stars, which had literally not been there before, filled the screen with a blaze of splendor against the black velvet backdrop of normal space.
"Space Viking"
Henry Beam Piper
There was a bunch light on the stage, a dirty backdrop of Corinthian pillars and esplanade and no wings, one or two stage hands moving about, and finally a concert grand piano dragged down.
"Star-Dust A Story of an American Girl"
Fannie Hurst
Three-dimensional sets replaced the two- dimensional backdrop.
"Our Legal Heritage, 4th Ed."
S. A. Reilly