How do you use Photoplay in a sentence? See 5 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Photoplay meaning
- A theatrical play that has been filmed for showing as a movie.
- A novel adapted from a movie and illustrated with photographic stills taken from the film. Usage largely confined to the silent era of Hollywood.
- A motion picture.
Using Photoplay
- The main meaning on this page is: A theatrical play that has been filmed for showing as a movie. | A novel adapted from a movie and illustrated with photographic stills taken from the film. Usage largely confined to the silent era of Hollywood. | A motion picture.
- In the example corpus, photoplay often appears in combinations such as: of photoplay.
Context around Photoplay
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 4 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 5 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Photoplay
- In this selection, "photoplay" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, 1922, times, magazine, described and music stand out and add context to how "photoplay" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include compiled from photoplay music by and edition of photoplay magazine in. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "photoplay" sits close to words such as aadujeevitham, aani and aarne, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with photoplay
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
In 1922, Photoplay described him the "idol of every girl in America." citation Barthelmess in Silverscreen magazine, 1922. (18 words)
Though broadcast on Channel 4 television and theatrically screened many times, Photoplay's 1993 version was never released on home video. (21 words)
Her appeal was summed up two years later by the February 1916 issue of Photoplay as "luminous tenderness in a steel band of gutter ferocity". (25 words)
He subsequently wrote an article "I'm No Communist" in the March 1948 edition of Photoplay magazine in which he distanced himself from The Hollywood Ten to counter the negative publicity resulting from his appearance. (35 words)
Once full features became commonplace, however, music was compiled from photoplay music by the pianist, organist, orchestra conductor or the movie studio itself, which included a cue sheet with the film. (31 words)
Her appeal was summed up two years later by the February 1916 issue of Photoplay as "luminous tenderness in a steel band of gutter ferocity". (25 words)
Example sentences (5)
Her appeal was summed up two years later by the February 1916 issue of Photoplay as "luminous tenderness in a steel band of gutter ferocity".
He subsequently wrote an article "I'm No Communist" in the March 1948 edition of Photoplay magazine in which he distanced himself from The Hollywood Ten to counter the negative publicity resulting from his appearance.
In 1922, Photoplay described him the "idol of every girl in America." citation Barthelmess in Silverscreen magazine, 1922.
Once full features became commonplace, however, music was compiled from photoplay music by the pianist, organist, orchestra conductor or the movie studio itself, which included a cue sheet with the film.
Though broadcast on Channel 4 television and theatrically screened many times, Photoplay's 1993 version was never released on home video.
Common combinations with photoplay
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- of photoplay 2×