photoplay
photoplay noun: a theatrical play that has been filmed for showing as a movie.
Noun
photoplay (plural photoplays)
- A theatrical play that has been filmed for showing as a movie.
- A novel adapted from a movie and illustrated with photographic stills taken from the film. Usage largely confined to the silent era of Hollywood.
- A motion picture.
- The three essentials of the photoplay are the Synopsis, the Cast and the Plot of Action.1913, Epes Winthrop Sargent, The Technique of the Photoplay, New York, page 30
Forms of photoplay
| plural | photoplays |
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Origin of photoplay
From photo- + play.
Words formed from photoplay
Questions about photoplay
- What does photoplay mean?
- Photoplay means a theatrical play that has been filmed for showing as a movie.
- What part of speech is photoplay?
- Photoplay is a noun.
- What is the plural of photoplay?
- The plural of photoplay is photoplays.
Words near photoplay in the dictionary
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