photodrama
Americannoun
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Origin of photodrama
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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
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
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
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 Harry Leon Wilson
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
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