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photoplay

[foh-tuh-pley] / ˈfoʊ təˌpleɪ /






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Cecil B. DeMille’s first royalty check for the printed photoplay edition of “The Ten Commandments.”

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 9, 2026

Then called the U-Neptune, it was described as “Seattle’s newest photoplay palace and the finest suburban motion picture theater in this part of the country.”

From Seattle Times Nov. 11, 2021

The New York Dramatic Mirror said: “We cannot remember ever having seen a photoplay just exactly like it.”

From The Guardian Nov. 2, 2015

Hope for the cinema lies in a photoplay like this adaptation of John Galsworthy's story, The First and the Last.

From Time Magazine Archive

For this reason, as well as because it has been accepted as following the proper form of photoplay script preparation, your cast of characters should immediately follow the synopsis, and be distinct therefrom.

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




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