Wissenswertes

As early as 1934, Florey was writing in a French film magazine about the Japanese movie industry and predicted a future vogue for the cinema of that country in Europe, something that would not happen until the 1950s.

In 1950, the French made him a knight of the Legion d'Honneur for his contributions to film

Inexplicably, although his B-movies frequently ran over schedule, he managed to bring them in on or under budget.

He has directed two films that have been selected for the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant: The Life and Death of 9413, a Hollywood Extra (1928) and Daughter of Shanghai (1937).