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A movie.

A play for representation or exhibition by moving pictures; also, the moving-picture representation of a play.

a theatrical play that has been filmed for showing as a movie.

a novel adapted from a movie and illustrated with photographic stills taken from the film. Usage largely confined to the silent era of Hollywood.

a term used by certain newspapers of the 1910s referring to the movie itself; sometimes used interchangeably with the term “motion picture.”