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Robert Florey is the supreme instance in the silent era of a professional filmmaker whose dissatisfaction with commercial assignments led him into parallel work as an avant-garde independent. SKYSCRAPER SYMPHONY, his montage of Manhattan architecture, is in a genre that would have been familiar to audiences of the new art cinema movement.
Comuzio, E., "Robert Florey," in Cineforum (Italy), vol. 31, no. 304, May 1991. It is not easy to define Robert Florey's status in the history of the American film. As a list of his films quite clearly attests, he was not a major director, but he was certainly an interesting and intriguing one who seemed able to keep abreast with trends and changes in the methodology of filmmaking.
French-American director, screenwriter, film journalist and actor Robert Florey was born in Paris on the 14th of September, 1900. Florey moved to America in the autumn of 1921, and his most prolific period as a director was during the 1930s and 40s. Known for his edgy, expressionist style, he also had a reputation for being a reliable studio ...
Robert Florey is the supreme instance in the silent era of a professional filmmaker whose dissatisfaction with commercial assignments led him into parallel work as an avant-garde independent. SKYSCRAPER SYMPHONY, his montage of Manhattan architecture, is in a genre that would have been familiar to audiences of the new art cinema movement.
Robert Florey is the supreme instance in the silent era of a professional filmmaker whose dissatisfaction with commercial assignments led him into parallel work as an avant-garde independent. SKYSCRAPER SYMPHONY, his montage of Manhattan architecture, is in a genre that would have been familiar to audiences of the new art cinema movement.
Robert Florey. French, 1900–1979. Works 1 work online Robert Florey. The Life and Death of 9413 a Hollywood Extra. 1928. Exhibition What Price Hollywood.
Added: Oct 17, 2000. Find a Grave Memorial ID: 13054. Source citation. Motion Picture Director. French-born motion picture and television director and writer. Co-directed the Marx Brothers' first feature film The Cocoanuts (1929). Also noted for his work as director on The Twilight Zone and Alfred Hitchcock Presents episodes.
