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photodrama

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[foh-tuh-drah-muh, -dram-uh] / ˈfoʊ təˌdrɑ mə, -ˌdræm ə /

noun

  1. photoplay.


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Etymology

Origin of photodrama

First recorded in 1915–20; photo- + drama


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Why cannot a photodrama be produced that is fine enough to live on its own merit—why must the picture always seem to be secondary while literature and the drama continue to furnish the primary motives?

From Writing the Photoplay by J. Berg (Joseph Berg) Esenwein

He forebore to warn Baird of this, however, fearing to discourage a manager who was honestly striving for the serious in photodrama.

From Merton of the Movies by Harry Leon Wilson

Importance of the Title Nearly everything that has been written on the subject of titles for novels and short-stories applies quite as much to titles for "regular" plays and the photodrama.

From Writing the Photoplay by J. Berg (Joseph Berg) Esenwein

And then the editor goes on to say that the photodrama will become great when it has developed its own great men.

From Writing the Photoplay by J. Berg (Joseph Berg) Esenwein

The room appeared to contain a miscellaneous collection of articles needed in the ruder sort of photodrama.

From Merton of the Movies by Harry Leon Wilson

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