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Biograph

Biograph

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An early American film company and studio active in the late 1800s and early 1900s
  • proper noun
  • /ˈbaɪəɡræf/
: Biograph
  • The Biograph is playing a gangster picture starring Clark Gable, Manhattan Melodrama.
  • Biograph Theater

In any case, when she demanded her own name on the film posters, Biograph Film predictably refused.

Examples

  • The Biograph was one of the most popular film studios in early cinema history.

  • What's playing at the Biograph?

    Public Enemies (2009)

  • Maybe the Marbro or the Biograph.

    Public Enemies (2009)

  • And we have not learned if he will go to the Marbro or the Biograph.

    Public Enemies (2009)

  • Tell him we have reason to believe that Dillinger is in the Biograph Theater at present and that I'm taking appropriate action without aid of local police.

    Dillinger (1973)

  • The film was copyrighted in 1903 by the New Jersey-based American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, one of the first U.S.-based film studios.

    Blog text (24)

  • I enjoyed watching a classic film at the Biograph Theater last night.

  • You can find old movie posters from the Biograph in the museum's film exhibit.

Surface Forms

Biograph main

Etymology

Biograph comes from the Greek parts bio- meaning 'life' and -graph meaning 'to write' or 'to record', so it means 'a record of life'. That's why the early American movie company called Biograph made short films to 'record' real people and scenes on camera.