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Phillips Smalley

Director

Phillips Smalley

Directing
1916 · 2 films
Lived
6 August 1875 — d. 1939
From
Brooklyn [now in New York City], New York, USA

Wendell Phillips Smalley (August 7, 1865 – May 2, 1939) was an American silent film director and actor.

Career Signature

How Phillips Smalley’s filmography reads.

Five of Perfery’s 75 vibes, averaged across every film they directed.

bittersweet
heavy emotional
operatic emotion
emotionally devastating
rise-and-fall tragedy

Tuned by the Perfery ranker. Aggregated equal-weight across every directed film.

Tonal kin

Lois WeberLois Weber6 filmsErich von StroheimErich von Stroheim6 filmsKing VidorKing Vidor27 filmsJohn M. StahlJohn M. Stahl7 filmsD.W. GriffithD.W. Griffith16 filmsWilliam WylerWilliam Wyler29 filmsDouglas SirkDouglas Sirk20 filmsEdmund GouldingEdmund Goulding16 films

Filmography

The Dumb Girl of Portici

1916

Where Are My Children?

1916