Associations to the word «Photoplay»

Wiktionary

PHOTOPLAY, noun. A theatrical play that has been filmed for showing as a movie.
PHOTOPLAY, noun. A novel adapted from a movie and illustrated with photographic stills taken from the film. Usage largely confined to the silent era of Hollywood.
PHOTOPLAY, noun. (dated) a motion picture.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope