photoplay vs screenplay

photoplay

noun
  • 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. 

screenplay

noun
  • A script for a movie or a television show. 

verb
  • To write a screenplay. 

How often have the words photoplay and screenplay occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )