Robert Florey

1900-1979

Biography: life and films

Robert Florey was a French film director and screenwriter. He was born in Paris, France on 14th September 1900 and died in Santa Monica, California, USA on 16th May 1979, aged 78.

His best films as a film director include The Romantic Age (1927), The Cocoanuts (1929), Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932), Hotel Imperial (1939) and Women Without Names (1940), and whose best work as a screenwriter include James Whale's Frankenstein (1931), Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932) and Bride of Frankenstein (1935).

Robert Florey directed 65 films (including 1 short), scripted 11 films and appeared in 3 films.

He has most frequently worked with the following directors: Louis Feuillade (2 films) and James Whale (2).

His most frequent genres include: drama (41 films), romance (14), comedy (11), comedy-romance (5), Thriller (5), comedy-drama (4), Horror (4), War (3), crime-thriller (2) and Biography (2).

Our average rating for Robert Florey over all films is: 3.1

Filmography

Key: d = director; w = writer; a = actor

L'orpheline (1921) [a]

Robin Hood (1922) [a]

Face Value (1927) [d]

One Hour of Love (1927) [d]

The Romantic Age (1927) [d]

The Battle of Paris (1929) [d]

The Cocoanuts (1929) [d]

The Hole in the Wall (1929) [d]

El amor solfeando (1930) [d,w]

Komm' zu mir zum Rendezvous (1930) [w]

L'Amour chante (1930) [d,w]

La Route est belle (1930) [d]

Frankenstein (1931) [w]

Le Blanc et le noir (1931) [d]

50-50 (1932) [d]

Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932) [d,w]

The Man Called Back (1932) [d,w]

Those We Love (1932) [d]

A Study in Scarlet (1933) [w]

Ex-Lady (1933) [d]

Girl Missing (1933) [d]

The House on 56th Street (1933) [d]

Bedside (1934) [d]

Hit Me Again (1934) [d]

I Am a Thief (1934) [d]

I Sell Anything (1934) [d]

Registered Nurse (1934) [d]

Bride of Frankenstein (1935) [w]

Don't Bet on Blondes (1935) [d]

Go Into Your Dance (1935) [d]

Going Highbrow (1935) [d]

Ship Cafe (1935) [d]

The Florentine Dagger (1935) [d]

The Payoff (1935) [d]

The Woman in Red (1935) [d]

Hollywood Boulevard (1936) [d]

The Preview Murder Mystery (1936) [d]

Till We Meet Again (1936) [d]

Daughter of Shanghai (1937) [d]

King of Gamblers (1937) [d]

Mountain Music (1937) [d]

Outcast (1937) [d]

This Way Please (1937) [d]

Dangerous to Know (1938) [d]

King of Alcatraz (1938) [d]

Death of a Champion (1939) [d]

Disbarred (1939) [d]

Hotel Imperial (1939) [d]

The Magnificent Fraud (1939) [d]

Parole Fixer (1940) [d]

Women Without Names (1940) [d]

Dangerously They Live (1941) [d]

Meet Boston Blackie (1941) [d]

The Face Behind the Mask (1941) [d]

Two in a Taxi (1941) [d]

Lady Gangster (1942) [d]

The Desert Song (1943) [d]

Man from Frisco (1944) [d]

Roger Touhy, Gangster (1944) [d]

Danger Signal (1945) [d]

God Is My Co-Pilot (1945) [d]

San Antonio (1945) [d]

The Beast with Five Fingers (1946) [d]

Adventures of Don Juan (1948) [w]

Rogues' Regiment (1948) [d,w]

Tarzan and the Mermaids (1948) [d]

Outpost in Morocco (1949) [d]

The Crooked Way (1949) [d]

Johnny One-Eye (1950) [d]

The Vicious Years (1950) [d]

Adventures of Captain Fabian (1951) [d]



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