| 单词 | photoplay |
| 释义 | photoplay orig. N. Amer.|ˈfəʊtəʊpleɪ|
Also photo-play.
[f. photo- 2 + play n.]
A cinematic representation of a play or drama; a motion picture. Also attrib. and Comb.
1910Moving Picture World 12 Nov. 1103/2 (heading) The Barnstormer in the photoplay. 1911Daily Colonist (Victoria, B.C.) 1 Apr. 11/1 (Advt.), Romano Photo⁓play Theatre. The Aristocrat of Picturedom. Continuous performances daily from noon to 11 p.m. 1912Everybody's Mag. Oct. 505/2 The clever photoplays that dramatize the hard, dry facts into living stories. 1913[see film studio s.v. film n. 7 c]. 1914[see credit n. 13 d]. 1918V. O. Freeburg (title) The art of photoplay making. Ibid. 57 The filming and projection of a photo⁓play. 1920Chambers's Jrnl. Mar. 188/1 Los Angeles..is the scene of many well-known and popular photo-plays. 1930Times Educ. Suppl. 22 Feb. 81/1 The historical accuracy of the photoplays is vouched for by specialists. 1950Blesh & Janis They all played Ragtime iii. 59 The ragtimers' repertory, finally, included descriptive overtures. These prefigured the early photoplay interpretation of the nickelodeon pianos. 1975Language for Life (Dept. Educ. & Sci.) xxii. 319 Some [children] have made photoplays to illustrate a story or give a visual interpretation of a piece of music. |
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