photodrama

[ foh-tuh-drah-muh, -dram-uh ]

noun

1. photoplay.

Other Words From

• pho·to·dra·mat·ic [foh-toh-dr, uh, -, mat, -ik], adjective
• pho·to·dram·a·tist [foh-t, uh, -, dram, -, uh, -tist, -, drah, -m, uh, -], noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of photodrama¹

First recorded in 1915–20; photo- + drama

Example Sentences

Importance of the Title Nearly everything that has been written on the subject of titles for novels and short-stories applies quite as much to titles for "regular" plays and the photodrama.

From Project Gutenberg

Why cannot a photodrama be produced that is fine enough to live on its own merit—why must the picture always seem to be secondary while literature and the drama continue to furnish the primary motives?

From Project Gutenberg

And then the editor goes on to say that the photodrama will become great when it has developed its own great men.

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The room appeared to contain a miscellaneous collection of articles needed in the ruder sort of photodrama.

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He believed they were not common in the photodrama, still one might be found.

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Related Words

• cinema
• feature film
• flick
• talkie