cinematic "picturizing" (1910)

Benjamin Zimmer bgzimmer at RCI.RUTGERS.EDU
Fri May 13 08:19:39 UTC 2005


OED2 has cites from 1846 for "picturize" but only from 1918 in the sense
of 'to make into a motion picture'.

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1910 _Los Angeles Times_ 16 Oct. II9/6 A most encouraging tendency of the
picture play business is that of "picturizing" well-known plays and books.
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--Ben Zimmer



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