photoplay

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In 1918, an essay in the film fan magazine Photoplay criticized the older arts as elitist, but noted that when the moving picture arrived “democracy clasped it to its heart” — this was, the writer proclaimed, “the first art-child of democracy.”

From New York Times

Then called the U-Neptune, it was described as “Seattle’s newest photoplay palace and the finest suburban motion picture theater in this part of the country.”

From Seattle Times

Pitting Bernie Sanders against a cultural juggernaut like the Mayflower Photoplay Company of Boston, Massachusetts is a surefire way to convince young voters to stay home and hand the election to Donald Trump.

From Slate

As the movie industry blossomed, in the nineteen-tens and twenties, so did fan magazines, such as Photoplay.

From The New Yorker

Nine decades after “professor” Fairbanks taught Introduction to Photoplay, the USC School of Cinematic Arts has some 14,000 alumni that include a who’s who of filmmaking from George Lucas to Ron Howard to current academy president John Bailey.

From Los Angeles Times