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Henry Albert Phillips

1880–1951

A restless traveler and prolific man of letters, he wrote across an unusually wide range of subjects, from short-story craft and early screenwriting to life in Japan, Spain, Brazil, and beyond. His work brings together practical storytelling advice and a reporter’s curiosity about the wider world.

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The photodrama : The philosophy of its principles, the nature of its plot, its dramatic construction and technique, illumined by copious examples, together with a complete photoplay and a glossary, making the work a practical treatise

The photodrama : The philosophy of its principles, the nature of its plot, its dramatic construction and technique, illumined by copious examples, together with a complete photoplay and a glossary, making the work a practical treatise

by Henry Albert Phillips

About the author

Henry Albert Phillips was an American author, editor, and lecturer born in Brooklyn, New York, on January 28, 1880. Archival records at the New York Public Library describe him as the son of Henry Albert and Addie A. Stanhope Phillips, and note that he worked as an associate editor for Metropolitan Magazine and Motion Picture Magazine in the early 1900s.

His career moved easily between literature, journalism, and the emerging film world. He gave lectures in New York City, including at the Brooklyn Academy of Arts and the YMCA, and wrote books on storytelling and screen craft such as The Plot of the Short Story, Art in Short Story Narration, and The Photodrama. Later, his extensive travels fed a long list of books and articles about other countries and cultures, including Meet the Japanese, Meet the Spaniards, Argentina, and Brazil: Bulwark of Inter-American Relations.

The same archival source says he was a feature writer for the New York Herald Tribune from 1928 to 1933 and reported on Italy and Eastern Europe during World War II. He died on January 28, 1951. A clearly verifiable portrait was not available from the sources I could confirm here.