Photoplay

The crude and facetious would be apt to suggest that the equivalent of the lasso in the photoplay is the word trouble, possibly for the hero, but probably for the villain. ❋ Vachel Lindsay (1905)

The real death in the photoplay is the ritualistic death, the real birth is the ritualistic birth, and the cathedral mood of the motion picture which goes with these and is close to these in many of its phases, is an inexhaustible resource. ❋ Vachel Lindsay (1905)

This apparent thinness California has in common with the routine photoplay, which is at times as shallow in its thought as the shadow it throws upon the screen. ❋ Vachel Lindsay (1905)

If the photoplay is the consistent utterance of its scenes, if the actors are incarnations of the land they walk upon, as they should be, ❋ Vachel Lindsay (1905)

Superficial impressions suggest the opposite and still leave the esthetically careless observer in the belief that the photoplay is a cheap substitute for the real drama, a theater performance as good or as bad as a photographic reproduction allows. ❋ Hugo M��nsterberg (1889)

Each element of the photoplay is a picture, flat like that which the painter creates, and the pictorial character is fundamental for the art of the film. ❋ Hugo M��nsterberg (1889)

For the photoplay, which is not bound to the physical succession of events but gives us only the pictorial reflection, there is an unlimited field for the expression of these attitudes in ourselves. ❋ Hugo M��nsterberg (1889)

The voice has been stilled: the photoplay is a dumb show. ❋ Hugo M��nsterberg (1889)

Yet the majority of authors claim that the true field for the photoplay is the practical life which surrounds us, as no artistic means of literature or drama can render the details of life with such convincing sincerity and with such realistic power. ❋ Hugo M��nsterberg (1889)

Flick's site especially has some very lovingly reconstructed "photoplay" versions of key scenes (Such as in LA CEREMONIE) wherein the class resentment is subtly illuminated. ❋ Unknown (2009)

If you watched the credits it says The characters and events depicted in this photoplay are ficticious. ❋ Unknown (2009)

“The best photoplay ever made,” enthused Photoplay. ❋ Scott Eyman (2010)

Again, and as has been probably said before, the scope of the photoplay is so much wider than that of the legitimate drama. ❋ Scott Eyman (2010)

Cecil DeMille must have enthusiastic mention for his direction of this photoplay, and Alvin Wyckoff for his photography. ❋ Scott Eyman (2010)

Although twenty-four hours have passed since I saw Ten Commandments last night, I am still under the spell of greatest motion picture that has ever been produced since very beginning of the feature photoplay. ❋ Scott Eyman (2010)

It was scary and if you wait til the end of the movie you would see a statement that says “All the characters and events portrayed in the photoplay are ficticious” and are the Sole property of the those who actually shot the footage. ❋ Unknown (2009)

“This publication proposes by deceptive methods of advertising to stir every community in the United States into riotous demonstrations for the purpose of making profits for the moving picture business and the owners of this particular photoplay.” ❋ Ann Hagedorn (2007)

“Any unauthorized duplication and/or distribution of this photoplay is strongly encouraged” ❋ Unknown (2007)