photoplay
a motion-picture scenario; screenplay.
Origin of photoplay
1Other words from photoplay
- pho·to·play·er, noun
Words Nearby photoplay
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How to use photoplay in a sentence
Her name was Courtney, and she was a fashion editor for magazines like photoplay, Screenland, Silver Screen.
The Story Behind Lee Marvin’s Liberty Valance Smile | Robert Ward | January 3, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTThere are issues of the magazine photoplay, where I was able to find profiles of Ronald Reagan that I had seen cited in books.
Because we must act in the photoplay, you see, in lieu of other performers.
Polly and Her Friends Abroad | Lillian Elizabeth RoyThe upshot of that conversation was an appointment to meet the manager of a photoplay house, who wanted a singer.
Big Timber | Bertrand W. SinclairShe could say good-by to singing in photoplay houses, to vaudeville engagements, to concert work in provincial towns.
Big Timber | Bertrand W. Sinclair
It was fully an hour before Consuello and her sweetheart in the photoplay began rehearsing.
Spring Street | James H. RichardsonDo not let the length of the commercial film tyrannize over your mind, O young art museum photoplay director.
The Art Of The Moving Picture | Vachel Lindsay
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