Word Study
photoplay
CIDE DICTIONARY
photoplay, n.
A play for representation or exhibition by moving pictures; also, the moving-picture representation of a play. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
THESAURUS
photoplay
3-D, Cinemascope, Cinerama, Technicolor, Western, animated cartoon, black-and-white film, cartoon, chiller, cine, cinema, color film, creepie, documentary, documentary film, educational film, feature, film, flick, flicker, horror picture, horse opera, motion picture, motion-picture show, movie, moving picture, newsreel, nudie, photodrama, picture, picture show, pornographic film, preview, short, show, silent, silent film, skin flick, sneak preview, spaghetti Western, talkie, talking picture, thriller, trailer, underground film
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