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Word: photoplay (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...dashes around quite a bit in this picture with Lupe Velez, whom those who were so unfortunate as to see "The Gaucho" will remember. Together they put romance on the map in the Balkans, and cause Warner Oland, wh plays the renegade, to lead a miserable existence. This photoplay will be forgotten before one is past the portals of the garishly gilded photoplay palace, so no harm is done...

Author: By R. T. S., | Title: THE CRIMSON PLAYGOER | 5/5/1928 | See Source »

...Without comment, William Randolph Hearst sold his McClure's and Smart Set to James R. Quirk, publisher of Photoplay Magazine and Opportunity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Potpourri | 4/30/1928 | See Source »

...first presentation of the motion picture. "The Last Moment" will be given tomorrow night in Symphony Hall. This will be the world's premiere of the photoplay. Written and produced by Paul Felos, it is characterized by its departure from convention and from all previous standards of motion picture production. The film will be shown for one week...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: To Show "The Last Moment" | 2/3/1928 | See Source »

...Wild Geese", the current photoplay, is a realistic screening of the Ostenso novel, marked by the distinguished acting of Belle Bennet and Eve Sothern...

Author: By R. T. S., | Title: CRIMSON PLAYGOER | 12/19/1927 | See Source »

...Where and when did I start dancing? Well, I first manifested my terpsichorean proclivities--this is a a Photoplay interviews, isn't it?--on the street concerns of Charlestown, Massachusetts-no, not Charlestown, Black Bottom-not for Art's sake but for pennies. Next came a platform and a Dr. Bunkum who sold potent medicines while I held the crowd. I quit when he tried to use me as an illustration for the benefits of Peppy corn plasters...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Nothing Is Wet About S.S. "Triumphant" Says Sunny Jack Donahue-Philosophizes Amid Falling Scenic Smokestacks | 1/31/1927 | See Source »

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