a play for theatre that has been filmed as a movie
photoplay in American English
(ˈfoʊtoʊˌpleɪ)
US
noun
Obsolete
film (sense 5)
Word origin
photo- + play
photoplay in American English
(ˈfoutəˌplei)
noun
a motion-picture scenario; screenplay
Derived forms
photoplayer
noun
Word origin
[1910–15; Amer.; photo- + play]This word is first recorded in the period 1910–15. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: blackout, homeroom, insulin, radio, spotlightphoto- is a combining form meaning “light” (photobiology); also used to represent “photographic” or “photograph” in the formation of compoundwords. Other words that use the affix photo- include: photocell, photogenic, photography, photolithography, photorealism