"Larger than life": what does it mean literally and where and when was the expression originated?

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I can't verify it at the moment--but somewhere I've read or heard that it came from early movies--because the movies idols were so literally larger than life on the "silver screen" that they became more heroic than real life (like John Wayne) or more romantic than real life (like Cary Grant). I'm still trying to find the information. If I can verify it, I will edit this.

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