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Definition of Photoplays
1. photoplay [n] - See also: photoplay
Lexicographical Neighbors of Photoplays
Literary usage of Photoplays
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Writing the Photoplay by Joseph Berg Esenwein, Arthur Leeds (1919)
"CHAPTER II WHO CAN WRITE photoplays? ... have either failed altogether in the
production of acceptable photoplays or have had almost as many rejections as, ..."
2. Technique of the Photoplay by Epes Winthrop Sargent (1916)
"PART V CLASSIFICATION OF photoplays EXTREME accuracy of classification of photoplays
is not essential, nor is it always possible, since the various forms of ..."
3. How to Write Moving Picture Plays by William Lewis Gordon (1914)
"I believe the time is not far distant when prices for good photoplays will be
much higher than at present. It is therefore an advantage to establish your ..."
4. The Theatre of Science: A Volume of Progress and Achievement in the Motion by Robert Grau (1914)
"... if applied to the possibilities of the motion picture as a theatrical
attraction—not necessarily assuming that photoplays will constitute the greater ..."
5. The Law of Contracts by Samuel Williston, Clarence Martin Lewis (1922)
"(Alternative Provisions) (1) Distributor agrees to exploit said photoplays through
its franchise holders in the United States of America in accordance with ..."
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