photodrama
Americannoun
Other Word Forms
- photodramatic adjective
- photodramatist noun
Etymology
Origin of photodrama
Example Sentences
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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 Esenwein, J. Berg (Joseph Berg)
The room appeared to contain a miscellaneous collection of articles needed in the ruder sort of photodrama.
From Merton of the Movies by Wilson, Harry Leon
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 Esenwein, J. Berg (Joseph Berg)
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 Wilson, Harry Leon
Yet this appeared to be one of the unavoidable penalties incurred by those who engaged in the art of photodrama.
From Merton of the Movies by Wilson, Harry Leon
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