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Robert Florey
Director 1900 - 1979

Robert Florey

Paris, France

Robert Florey (14 September 1900 – 16 May 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,... Read full bio →

Directed Films

Every film this person directed

12 titles
The Disneyland Story

The Disneyland Story

Wilfred Jackson, Robert Florey 1954 1h 7.0

Walt Disney presents a preview for both his upcoming park called Disneyland and several episodes of the show to come.

The Crooked Way

The Crooked Way

Robert Florey 1949 1h 30m 6.0

A war veteran suffering from amnesia, returns to Los Angeles from a San Francisco veterans hospital hoping to learn who he is and discovers his criminal past.

Tarzan and the Mermaids

Tarzan and the Mermaids

Robert Florey 1948 1h 8m 5.0

Tarzan and Jane try to keep a woman from being forced to marry a con artist.

The Beast with Five Fingers

The Beast with Five Fingers

Robert Florey 1946 1h 28m 8.0

Locals in an Italian village believe evil has taken over the estate of a recently deceased pianist where several murders have taken place. The alleged killer: the pianist's severed hand.

Danger Signal

Danger Signal

Robert Florey 1945 1h 18m

After robbing and murdering his married lover and then making her death look like suicide, conniving philanderer Ronnie Mason relocates to Los Angeles. Under a new identity and claiming to be a writer, Ronnie finds lodging at the home of Hilda Fenchurch and her mother.

The Face Behind the Mask

The Face Behind the Mask

Robert Florey 1941 1h 9m 6.0

A sweet, enthusiastic, newly-arrived American immigrant from Hungary is forced to turn to a life of crime after his face is badly disfigured in a hotel fire.

Meet Boston Blackie

Meet Boston Blackie

Robert Florey 1941 1h

When a murder occurs on an ocean liner docked in New York, the trail leads to Coney Island and a spy ring.

Daughter of Shanghai

Daughter of Shanghai

Robert Florey 1937 1h 2m 7.0

A Chinese-American woman tries to expose illegal alien smuggling ring.

The Florentine Dagger

The Florentine Dagger

Robert Florey 1935 1h 9m

A playwright descended from the Borgia family becomes a murder suspect.

Murders in the Rue Morgue

Murders in the Rue Morgue

Robert Florey 1932 1h 1m 6.5

In 19th century Paris, a maniac abducts young women and injects them with ape blood in an attempt to prove ape-human kinship but constantly meets failure as the abducted women die.

The Cocoanuts

The Cocoanuts

Robert Florey, Joseph Santley 1929 1h 33m 5.3

During the Florida land boom, the Marx brothers run a hotel, auction off some land, thwart a jewel robbery, and generally act like themselves.

The Life and Death of 9413, a Hollywood Extra

The Life and Death of 9413, a Hollywood Extra

Robert Florey, Slavko Vorkapich 1928 14m

This short experimental film tells the story of a man who comes to Hollywood to become a star, only to fail and be dehumanized. He is identified by the number 9413 written on his forehead.

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