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photoplay

[ foh-tuh-pley ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

An Americanism dating back to 1910–15; photo- + play

Her name was Courtney, and she was a fashion editor for magazines like Photoplay, Screenland, Silver Screen.

There are issues of the magazine Photoplay, where I was able to find profiles of Ronald Reagan that I had seen cited in books.

Because we must act in the photoplay, you see, in lieu of other performers.

The upshot of that conversation was an appointment to meet the manager of a photoplay house, who wanted a singer.

She could say good-by to singing in photoplay houses, to vaudeville engagements, to concert work in provincial towns.

It was fully an hour before Consuello and her sweetheart in the photoplay began rehearsing.

Do not let the length of the commercial film tyrannize over your mind, O young art museum photoplay director.

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