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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

And in the photoplay, which is now seen by all classes of people and is for all the people, racial characteristics must be treated in at least a fairly accurate manner, and always good-naturedly.

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