Editing Robert Florey

{{short description|French-born American director}}
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| name              = Robert Florey 
| image             = Robert Florey (1900–1979).png
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| birth_name        = Robert Gustave Fuchs
| birth_date        = {{birth date|1900|9|14}}
| birth_place       = [[Paris]], France
| death_date        = {{death date and age|1979|5|16|1900|9|14}}
| death_place       = [[Santa Monica, California]], U.S.
| burial_place      = [[Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills)|Forest Lawn, Hollywood Hills Cemetery]]
| occupation        = {{hlist|Director|screenwriter|journalist}}
}}

'''Robert Florey''' (September 14, 1900 – May 16, 1979) was a French-American director, screenwriter, film journalist and actor.

Born as Robert Fuchs in Paris, he became an orphan at an early age and was then raised in Switzerland. In 1920 he worked at first as a film journalist, then as an assistant and extra in featurettes from [[Louis Feuillade]]. Florey moved to the United States in 1921. As a director, Florey's most productive decades were the 1930s and 1940s, working on relatively low-budget fillers for [[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]] and [[Warner Brothers]]. His reputation is balanced between his avant-garde expressionist style, most evident in his early career, and his work as a fast, reliable studio-system director called on to finish troubled projects, such as 1939's ''[[Hotel Imperial (1939 film)|Hotel Imperial]]''.

Florey directed more than 50 films, the best known likely being the [[Marx Brothers]] first feature ''[[The Cocoanuts]]'' (1929).<ref>{{cite web |last1=Chaillet |first1=Jean-Paul |title=Filmmakers' Autobiographies: Robert Florey |url=https://www.goldenglobes.com/articles/filmmakers-autobiographies-robert-florey |access-date=10 September 2020 |date=9 July 2018}}</ref> His 1932 foray into Universal-style horror, ''[[Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932 film)|Murders in the Rue Morgue]]'', is regarded by horror fans as highly reflective of [[German expressionism]].{{citation needed|date=March 2016}} In 2006, as his 1937 film ''[[Daughter of Shanghai]]'' was selected for preservation in the United States [[National Film Registry]] by the [[Library of Congress]], Florey was called "widely acclaimed as the best director working in major studio [[B movie|B-films]]".<ref name=LOC>{{cite press release| url=https://www.loc.gov/today/pr/2006/06-234.html| title=Librarian of Congress Adds Home Movie, Silent Films and Hollywood Classics to Film Preservation List| publisher=Library of Congress| date=December 27, 2006| access-date=August 4, 2020}}</ref>

==Life and work==
===Early life===
Florey grew up in Paris near the studio of [[George Melies]], and as a young man served as assistant to [[Louis Feuillade]].<ref>{{cite book| title=Lovers of Cinema: The First American Film Avant-garde, 1919-1945| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bOXoB01iDJ0C&q=robert+florey| first=Jan-Christopher| last=Horak| page=95| publisher=Univ of Wisconsin Press| location=Madison| year=1995| isbn=978-0-2991-4684-9| access-date=August 4, 2020}}</ref>  He was an assistant director on ''L'orpheline'' (1921), and ''[[Parisette]]'' (1921).

===Hollywood===
Florey went to Hollywood in 1921 as a journalist for Cinemagazine. He worked as foreign publicity director for Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford and was European advance manager for [[Rudolph Valentino]].<ref name="los">{{cite news |title=Services Today for Robert Florey, 79, Film Director| url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times-services-today-for/165357062/ |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=May 18, 1979 |page=F20 |access-date=2025-02-12 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>

He was an assistant director on ''[[Parisian Nights]]'' (1925). He went to [[MGM]] where he was an assistant on ''[[The Masked Bride]]'' (1925), ''[[Exquisite Sinner]]'' (1926), ''[[Bardelys the Magnificent]]'' (1926), ''[[La Bohème (1926 film)|La Bohème]]'' (1926) and ''[[The Magic Flame]]'' (1927). He also shot newsreel footage in New York.

===Early films===
Florey's first film as director was ''[[One Hour of Love]]'' (1927) for Tiffany Productions. He did ''[[The Romantic Age (1927 film)|The Romantic Age]]'' (1927) for Columbia and ''[[Face Value (1927 film)|Face Value]]'' (1927) for Stirling Pictures. He was assistant on ''[[The Woman Disputed]]'' (1928). He directed and co-wrote the 27-minute experimental film ''Johann the Coffinmaker'' in 1927, said to have been made for $200 in his spare time, shooting at night while working on other films in the daytime. The avant-garde film was made on only three sets, and involved a lot of trick photographic effects.<ref>{{cite book| last1=Workman| first1=Christopher| author2=Troy Howarth| date=December 6, 2016| title=Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era| publisher=Midnight Marquee Press| page=313| isbn=978-1936168-68-2}}</ref>

===Shorts===
In the late 1920s he produced two experimental short films: ''[[The Life and Death of 9413: a Hollywood Extra]]'' (1928) co-directed with [[Slavko Vorkapić]], and ''[[Skyscraper Symphony]]'' the following year. He also directed ''The Love of Zero'' (1928), ''Hello New York!'' (1928) with [[Maurice Chevalier]], and ''Pusher-in-the-Face'' (1929) from a script and story by [[F. Scott Fitzgerald]] published for the first time on the magazine ''[[Woman's Home Companion]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bibliography of the Short Stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald |url=https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~tdlarson/history/fsf/ssbib.htm |access-date=2022-09-13 |website=freepages.rootsweb.com}}</ref>

===Paramount===
Florey accepted a contract to direct at Paramount Pictures, where he made ''[[The Hole in the Wall (1929 film)|The Hole in the Wall]]'' (1929), starring [[Claudette Colbert]] and [[Edward G. Robinson]], and ''[[The Cocoanuts (film)|The Cocoanuts]]'' (1929), the first film of the [[Marx Brothers]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Getting Into Hollywood: Linder's Studio. Author of Several Books. |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://archive.org/details/sim_new-york-times_1928-12-16_78_25894/page/n154/mode/1up |date=December 16, 1928 |page=X5 |access-date=2025-02-12 |via=Internet Archive}}</ref>

He directed the short ''Night Club'' (1929) with [[Fanny Brice]] and made ''[[The Battle of Paris]]'' (1929) with [[Gertrude Lawrence]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://archive.org/details/per_washington-post_1929-12-22_19547/page/n47/mode/1up |title=Florey Does Fast Moving Jazz Comedy |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |page=48 |date=December 22, 1929 |access-date=2025-02-12 |via=Internet Archive}}</ref>

Florey went to England to direct the French musical ''[[The Road Is Fine]]'' (1930), and to Germany for ''[[My Wife's Teacher]]'' (1930), a Spanish-language version of the film ''Rendezvous''. While in Germany, he directed ''[[Love Songs (1930 film)|Love Songs]]'' (1930). He did ''[[Black and White (1931 film)|Black and White]]'' (1931) with [[Raimu]], co-directing with [[Marc Allegret]].

===''Murders in the Rue Morgue''===
Florey made a significant but uncredited contribution to the script of the 1931 version of ''[[Frankenstein (1931 film)|Frankenstein]]''. Florey was to be given the job of directing ''Frankenstein'', and he filmed a screen test with [[Bela Lugosi]] playing the monster, but [[Universal Pictures]] gave the job to [[James Whale]], who cast [[Boris Karloff]].

Instead Universal assigned Florey and Lugosi to ''[[Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932 film)|Murders in the Rue Morgue]]'' (1932). Florey, with the help of cinematographer [[Karl Freund]] and elaborate sets representing 19th century Paris, made ''Murders'' into an American version of German [[expressionism|expressionist]] films such as ''[[Cabinet of Dr. Caligari]]'' (1920).<ref>Hughes, Maud (May 21, 1932). "Murders in the Rue Morgue" (director: Robert Florey), Universal. ''Picture Show''; London. Vol. 27, Iss. 681: 7.</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Weird Films: Character Changes in 'Rue Morgue' |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=January 10, 1932 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1932/01/10/archives/weird-films-character-changes-in-rue-morgue.html |page=X6 |url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine| title=Return of the Repressed| last=Wood| first=Robin| magazine=New York| volume=14| issue=4| date=July–August 1978| pages=25–32, 80}}</ref>

Florey directed ''[[The Man Called Back]]'' (1932) with [[Conrad Nagel]] for Tiffany Pictures, and ''[[Those We Love]]'' (1932) with [[Mary Astor]]. He wrote the script for a version of ''[[A Study in Scarlet (1933 film)|A Study in Scarlet]]'' (1933), which contained elements that strikingly anticipated [[Agatha Christie]]'s 1939 mystery novel ''[[And Then There Were None|Ten Little Niggers]]'' (later known as ''Ten Little Indians'' or ''And Then There Were None'').

===Warner Bros.===
Florey went to Warner Bros. where he directed a number of "B" movies: ''[[Girl Missing]]'' (1933) with [[Glenda Farrell]] and [[Ben Lyon]], ''[[Ex-Lady]]'' (1933) with [[Bette Davis]], ''[[The House on 56th Street]]'' (1933) with [[Kay Francis]], ''[[Bedside (film)|Bedside]]'' (1934) with [[Warren William]], ''[[Registered Nurse (film)|Registered Nurse]]'' (1934) with [[Bebe Daniels]], ''[[Smarty (film)|Smarty]]'' (1934) with [[Joan Blondell]] and William, ''[[I Sell Anything]]'' (1934) with [[Pat O'Brien (actor)|Pat O'Brien]],''[[I Am a Thief]]'' (1934) with Astor, ''[[The Woman in Red (1935 film)|The Woman in Red]]'' (1935) with [[Barbara Stanwyck]], and ''[[The Florentine Dagger]]'' (1935) with [[Donald Woods (actor)|Donald Woods]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Warners Open Busy Program: Largest Outlay in Eight-Year Period Awaits Camera Multi-Starred Musical to Be First Film Started Season's Production Plans Include Sixty Features |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times-warners-open-busy/165356527/ |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=June 7, 1933 |page=A8 |access-date=2025-02-12 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>

He did some uncredited work on ''[[Go into Your Dance]]'' (1935) with [[Al Jolson]] and [[Ruby Keeler]], and he was the assistant director on ''[[I've Got Your Number (film)|I've Got Your Number]]'' (1934). He also did some location filming in China for ''[[Oil for the Lamps of China (film)|Oil for the Lamps of China]]'' (1935).<ref>Bedside (First National). Director: Robert Florey ''[[Picture Show (magazine)|Picture Show]]''; London, Vol. 31, Iss. 797,  (Aug 11, 1934): 19.</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/chicago-tribune-bribes-chinese-with-pict/165357289/ |title=Bribes Chinese with Pictures of Film Stars |last=Shaffer |first=George |newspaper=[[Chicago Daily Tribune]] |place=Hollywood, California |page=17 |date=1934-06-11 |publication-date=June 12, 1934 |access-date=2025-02-12 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>

Florey directed ''[[Going Highbrow]]'' (1935) with [[Guy Kibbee]], ''[[Don't Bet on Blondes]]'' (1935) with William (and a young [[Errol Flynn]]), and ''[[The Payoff (1935 film)|The Payoff]]'' (1935) with [[James Dunn (actor)|James Dunn]].

===Paramount===
Florey returned to Paramount where he directed ''[[Ship Cafe]]'' (1935) with [[Carl Brisson]], ''[[The Preview Murder Mystery]]'' (1936) with [[Reginald Denny (actor)|Reginald Denny]], ''[[Till We Meet Again (1936 film)|Till We Meet Again]]'' (1936) with [[Herbert Marshall]], ''[[Hollywood Boulevard (1936 film)|Hollywood Boulevard]]'' (1936) with [[John Halliday (actor)|John Halliday]] and a young [[Robert Cummings]], ''[[Outcast (1937 film)|Outcast]]'' (1937) with William, ''[[King of Gamblers]]'' (1937) with [[Claire Trevor]] and [[Lloyd Nolan]], ''[[Mountain Music (film)|Mountain Music]]'' (1937) with [[Bob Burns (humorist)|Bob Burns]] and [[Martha Raye]], ''[[This Way Please]]'' (1937) with [[Charles "Buddy" Rogers]] and [[Betty Grable]], ''[[Daughter of Shanghai]]'' (1937) with [[Anna May Wong]], ''[[Dangerous to Know]]'' (1938) with Wong, and ''[[King of Alcatraz]]'' (1938) with [[Gail Patrick]] and Nolan. He did some uncredited work on ''[[Rose of the Rancho (1936 film)|Rose of the Rancho]]'' (1936). His films were marked by fast pace, cynical tone, [[Dutch angles]], and dramatic lighting.

Florey directed ''[[Hotel Imperial (1939 film)|Hotel Imperial]]'' (1939) with [[Isa Miranda]] and [[Ray Milland]], ''[[The Magnificent Fraud]]'' (1939) with [[Akim Tamiroff]] and Nolan, ''[[Death of a Champion]]'' (1939) with [[Lynne Overman]], ''[[Parole Fixer]]'' (1940) from a book by [[J. Edgar Hoover]], and ''[[Women Without Names (1940 film)|Women Without Names]]'' (1940) with [[Ellen Drew]].

===Columbia===
Florey went to Columbia for ''[[The Face Behind the Mask (1941 film)|The Face Behind the Mask]]'' (1941) with [[Peter Lorre]], ''[[Meet Boston Blackie]]'' (1941) with [[Chester Morris]], and ''[[Two in a Taxi]]'' (1941) with [[Anita Louise]].<ref>{{cite news |title=News of the Screen: Martha Scott Borrowed by Columbia for Role in 'They Dare Not Love'--Two Swedish Films Open Here |first=Douglas W. |last=Churchill |url=https://archive.org/details/sim_new-york-times_1940-12-27_90_30288/page/n21/mode/1up |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |place=Hollywood, California |date=1941-12-26 |publication-date=December 27, 1940 |page=A22 |access-date=2025-02-12 |via=Internet Archive}}</ref>

===Warner Bros.===
Florey went to Warner Bros. for ''[[Dangerously They Live]]'' (1941) with John Garfield, ''[[Lady Gangster]]'' (1942) with [[Faye Emerson]] and the big budget musical ''[[The Desert Song (1943 film)|The Desert Song]]'' (1943) with Dennis Morgan.

At [[20th Century Fox]] he did some assisting on ''[[Bomber's Moon]]'' (1943) and directed ''[[Roger Touhy, Gangster]]'' (1944) with [[Preston Foster]]. He went to Republic for ''[[Man from Frisco]]'' (1944).

In April 1944, he was burned when his car was on fire.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times-allies-capture-jap/165357230/ |title=Allies Capture Jap Positions Near Kohima |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |page=2 |date=April 29, 1944 |access-date=2025-02-12 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> Back at Warners Florey directed ''[[God Is My Co-Pilot (film)|God Is My Co-Pilot]]'' (1945) with Morgan, and ''[[Danger Signal]]'' (1945) with Emerson and [[Zachary Scott]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times-teresa-wright-mull/165356658/ |title=Teresa Wright Mulls Return to Footlights: Scott, Bennett Cast as Rivals; Terry 'Scandals' Lead; Barr Set as Villain |last=Schallert |first=Edwin |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |page=8 |date=January 17, 1945 |access-date=2025-02-12 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>

He did some uncredited work on ''[[San Antonio (film)|San Antonio]]'' (1945) with [[Errol Flynn]] and returned to the horror genre with ''[[The Beast with Five Fingers]]'' (1946).

He was also associate director to [[Charlie Chaplin]] on Chaplin's film ''[[Monsieur Verdoux]]'' (1947).

===Freelance director===
Florey directed ''[[Tarzan and the Mermaids]]'' (1948) with [[Johnny Weissmuller]] for [[Sol Lesser]] in Mexico, and two [[French Foreign Legion]] films: ''[[Rogues' Regiment]]'' (1948) with [[Dick Powell]] and ''[[Outpost in Morocco]]'' (1949) with [[George Raft]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times-drama-and-film-o/165356735/ |title=Drama and film: O'Keefe Star of 'T-Man; England Gets 'Escape' |last=Schallert |first=Edwin |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |page=11 |date=June 3, 1947 |access-date=2025-02-12 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>

He did ''[[The Crooked Way]]'' (1949) with John Payne, ''[[The Vicious Years]]'' (1950), ''[[Johnny One-Eye]]'' (1950) with Pat O'Brien, and ''Charlie's Haunt'' (1950) with [[Edgar Bergen]] then did some uncredited work on Flynn's ''[[The Adventure of Captain Fabian]]'' (1951).

==Television==
{{quote box|width=30em|bgcolor=cornsilk|fontsize=100%|salign=center|quote=Florey was a free spirit who valued his personal liberty within the studio system [but] he never had the commercial clout to make that system work for him...he amused himself with second-string projects and [[B-picture]] budgets, relatively minor efforts on which he could work undisturbed, casually inserted a personal touch here and there. His success at this mode of directing made him extremely suitable  for television work, and he enlivened over 300 episodes of series like ''[[Wagon Train]]'', ''[[The Twilight Zone]]'' and ''[[Alfred Hitchcock Presents]]'' with his characteristic stylistic flourishes. |source=Film historian Richard Koszarski in ''Hollywood Directors, 1914-1940'' (1976).<ref>Koszarski, 1976  p. 117</ref>}}

Florey's early works for television included ''[[The Walt Disney Christmas Show]]'' (1951) and ''Operation Wonderland'' (1951) for Disney.

He soon devoted himself to television almost exclusively, doing episodes of ''[[Your Favorite Story]]'', ''[[The Loretta Young Show]]'', ''[[Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color]]'', ''[[The Star and the Story]]'', ''[[Four Star Playhouse]]'', ''[[Ethel Barrymore Theater]]'', ''[[Wire Service]]'', ''[[Telephone Time]]'', ''[[Studio 57]]'', ''[[Fireside Theatre|The Jane Wyman Show]]'', ''[[General Electric Theater]]'', ''[[Schlitz Playhouse]]'', ''[[M Squad]]'', ''[[Wagon Train]]'',''[[The Restless Gun]]'' (the pilot), ''[[Goodyear Theatre]]'', ''[[Alcoa Theatre]]'', ''[[Black Saddle]]'', ''[[Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse]]'', ''[[The Rough Riders (TV series)|The Rough Riders]]'', ''[[The David Niven Show]]'', ''[[Lock Up (TV series)|Lock Up]]'', ''[[Zane Grey Theater]]'', ''[[The Untouchables (1959 TV series)|The Untouchables]]'', ''[[The DuPont Show with June Allyson]]'', ''[[Markham (TV series)|Markham]]'', ''[[The Texan (TV series)|The Texan]]'', ''[[Checkmate (American TV series)|Checkmate]]'', ''[[Michael Shayne (TV series)|Michael Shayne]]'', ''[[Hong Kong (TV series)|Hong Kong]]'', ''[[The Barbara Stanwyck Show]]'', ''[[Adventures in Paradise (TV series)|Adventures in Paradise]]'', ''[[Thriller (U.S. TV series)|Thriller]]'', ''[[Alcoa Premiere]]'', ''[[Alfred Hitchcock Presents]]'', ''[[The Dick Powell Theatre]]'', ''[[Going My Way (TV series)|Going My Way]]'', ''[[The Great Adventure (U.S. TV series)|The Great Adventure]]'', ''[[The Twilight Zone]]'' ("[[Perchance to Dream (The Twilight Zone)|Perchance to Dream]]", "[[The Fever (The Twilight Zone)|The Fever]]", "[[The Long Morrow]]") and ''[[The Outer Limits (1963 TV series)|The Outer Limits]]''.<ref name="los"/><ref>{{cite news |title=Movie Directors Urged to Add Their Talents to Television |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times-movie-directors-ur/165356864/ |last=Swirsky |first=Sid |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=August 16, 1953 |page=D11 |access-date=2025-02-12 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>

He also wrote a number of books, including ''[[Pola Negri]]'' (1927) and ''[[Charlie Chaplin]]'' (1927), ''Hollywood d'hier et d'aujord'hui'' (1948), ''[[La Lanterne magique]]'' (1966), and ''Hollywood annee zero'' (1972).

In 1950, Florey was made a knight in the French [[Légion d'honneur]].<ref>{{cite news |title=French Award Announced for Director Florey |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times-french-award-annou/165356932/ |date=February 9, 1950 |page=A12 |access-date=2025-02-12 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>

His 1937 thriller ''[[Daughter of Shanghai]]'' (1937), starring [[Anna May Wong]], was added to the [[National Film Registry]] in 2006.<ref name=LOC/>

He was married once from 1928 to 1936,<ref>{{cite news |title=Rift Laid to Temperament: Suit Planned by Wife of Veteran Director |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=August 4, 1936 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times-rift-laid-to-tempe/165356976/ |page=A2 |access-date=2025-02-12 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> and then a second time to Virginia Florey who lived until 2000.<ref name="los"/>

He is buried at the [[Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills)|Forest Lawn, Hollywood Hills Cemetery]] in Los Angeles with his second wife.<ref name="los"/>

==Complete filmography==
As an actor
* ''[[The Masque of Life]]'' (1915–1916)

This filmography lists Florey's credits as director of feature films, and is believed to be complete.

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* ''[[That Model from Paris]]'', 1926 (uncredited)
* ''[[One Hour of Love]]'', 1927
* ''[[The Romantic Age (1927 film)|The Romantic Age]]'', 1927
* ''[[Face Value (1927 film)|Face Value]]'', 1927
* ''[[The Hole in the Wall (1929 film)|The Hole in the Wall]]'', 1929
* ''[[The Cocoanuts]]'', 1929
* ''[[The Battle of Paris]]'', 1929
* ''[[Skyscraper Symphony]]'', 1929
* ''[[El amor solfeando]]'' (My Wife's Teacher), 1930
* ''[[The Road Is Fine]]'' (''La Route est belle''), 1930
* ''[[Love Songs (1930 film)|Love Songs]]'' (''L'Amour chante''), 1930
* ''[[Rendezvous (1930 film)|Rendezvous]]'', 1930
* ''[[Black and White (1931 film)|Black and White]]'' (''Le Blanc et la noir'') (co-director), 1931
* ''[[Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932 film)|Murders in the Rue Morgue]]'', 1932
* ''[[The Man Called Back]]'', 1932
* ''[[Those We Love]]'', 1932
* ''[[Girl Missing]]'', 1933
* ''[[Ex-Lady]]'', 1933
* ''[[The House on 56th Street]]'', 1933
* ''[[Bedside]]'', 1934
* ''[[Registered Nurse (film)|Registered Nurse]]'', 1934
* ''[[Smarty (film)|Smarty]]'', 1934
* ''[[I Sell Anything]]'', 1934
* ''[[I Am a Thief]]'', 1934
* ''[[The Woman in Red (1935 film)|The Woman in Red]]'', 1935
* ''[[The Florentine Dagger]]'', 1935
* ''[[Go Into Your Dance]]'' (uncredited), 1935
* ''[[Going Highbrow]]'', 1935
* ''[[Don't Bet on Blondes]]'', 1935
* ''[[Ship Cafe]]'', 1935
* ''[[The Payoff (1935 film)|The Payoff]]'', 1935
* ''[[The Preview Murder Mystery]]'', 1936
* ''[[Till We Meet Again (1936 film)|Till We Meet Again]]'', 1936
* ''[[Hollywood Boulevard (1936 film)|Hollywood Boulevard]]'', 1936
* ''[[Outcast (1937 film)|Outcast]]'', 1937
* ''[[King of Gamblers]]'', 1937
* ''[[Mountain Music (film)|Mountain Music]]'', 1937
* ''[[This Way Please]]'', 1937
* ''[[Daughter of Shanghai]]'', 1937
* ''[[Dangerous to Know]]'', 1938
* ''[[King of Alcatraz]]'', 1938
* ''[[Disbarred (1939 film)|Disbarred]]'', 1939
* ''[[Hotel Imperial (1939 film)|Hotel Imperial]]'', 1939
* ''[[The Magnificent Fraud]]'', 1939
* ''[[Death of a Champion]]'', 1939
* ''[[Parole Fixer]]'', 1940
* ''[[Women Without Names (1940 film)|Women Without Names]]'', 1940
* ''[[The Face Behind the Mask (1941 film)|The Face Behind the Mask]]'', 1941
* ''[[Meet Boston Blackie]]'', 1941
* ''[[Two in a Taxi]]'', 1941
* ''[[Dangerously They Live]]'', 1941
* ''[[Lady Gangster]]'' (billed as Florian Roberts), 1941
* ''[[Bomber's Moon]]'' (second-unit director), 1943
* ''[[The Desert Song (1943 film)|The Desert Song]]'', 1943
* ''[[Roger Touhy, Gangster]]'', 1944
* ''[[Man from Frisco]]'', 1944
* ''[[God Is My Co-Pilot (film)|God Is My Co-Pilot]]'', 1945
* ''[[Danger Signal]]'', 1945
* ''[[San Antonio (film)|San Antonio]]'', 1945
* ''[[The Beast with Five Fingers]]'', 1946
* ''[[Tarzan and the Mermaids]]'', 1948
* ''[[Rogues' Regiment]]'', 1948
* ''[[Outpost in Morocco]]'', 1949
* ''[[The Crooked Way]]'', 1949
* ''[[The Vicious Years]]'', 1950
* ''[[Johnny One-Eye]]'', 1950
* ''[[Adventures of Captain Fabian]]'' (uncredited), 1951
{{div col end}}

===Short subjects===
[[File:The Love of Zero, 35mm film Robert Florey1928.jpg|thumb|A publicity still from ''The Love of Zero'', a 1927 avant-garde short film by Robert Florey]]
* ''The Love of Zero'', 1928<ref>{{youTube|aPEBUJJUICc|title=''The Love of Zero'' }}</ref>
* ''Hello New York!'' (aka ''Bonjour New York''), 1928
* ''[[The Life and Death of 9413: a Hollywood Extra]]'', 1928
* ''[[Skyscraper Symphony]]'', 1929
* ''Fifty-Fifty'', 1932
* "The Incredible Dr. Markesan" Thriller Series, costars [[Boris Karloff]], 1962

==Footnotes==
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==References==
*Koszarski, Richard. 1976. ''Hollywood Directors: 1914-1940''. Oxford University Press. Library of Congress Catalog Number: 76-9262.
*{{cite book |first=Brian |last=Taves |title=Robert Florey, The French Expressionist |publisher=Scarecrow Press |year=1986 |isbn=978-0-8108-1929-0}}

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