Examples of photoplay in a Sentence
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In Boston, the Hearst papers forced exhibitors to preface Five Star Final with a disclaimer assuring moviegoers that most newspapers would never deploy the vile tactics portrayed in the photoplay.
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Thomas Doherty, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Dec. 2022
Dennis Wolkowicz is a photoplay organist who performs under the stage name Jay Warren.
—Annie Alleman, chicagotribune.com, 27 Dec. 2021
Thus, if a stage play requires three hours, in the photoplay it is pictorially told in one hour, and just as effectively.
—Scientific American, 21 May 2020
Thomas Doherty, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Dec. 2022
Dennis Wolkowicz is a photoplay organist who performs under the stage name Jay Warren.
—Annie Alleman, chicagotribune.com, 27 Dec. 2021
Thus, if a stage play requires three hours, in the photoplay it is pictorially told in one hour, and just as effectively.
—Scientific American, 21 May 2020
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First Known Use
1909, in the meaning defined above
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“Photoplay.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/photoplay. Accessed 16 Apr. 2024.
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photoplay
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pho·to·play
ˈfōt-ō-ˌplā 
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