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photoplay

[foh-tuh-pley] / ˈfoʊ təˌpleɪ /






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Cecil B. DeMille’s first royalty check for the printed photoplay edition of “The Ten Commandments.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 9, 2026

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 ● Nov. 11, 2021

The New York Dramatic Mirror said: “We cannot remember ever having seen a photoplay just exactly like it.”

From The Guardian ● Nov. 2, 2015

The sum of his efforts is a curiously fascinating photoplay.

From Time Magazine Archive

His name ranked high on the roster of America's foremost photoplay directors.

From Linda Lee, Incorporated A Novel by Louis Joseph Vance




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