Robert Florey: The Life and Death of 9413: a Hollywood Extra (1937)

The Life and Death of 9413: a Hollywood Extra is a 1928 American short silent film which 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), after which he dies and goes on Heaven, where the number is removed. It stars Voya George, Adriane Marsh and Jules Raucourt.
The film was written by Robert Florey, and directed by Florey and Slavko Vorkapich. It was photographed by Gregg Toland, later famed for his cinematography on films such as Citizen Kane and Grapes of Wrath.
The film has been deemed "culturally significant" by the Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry. The film has been restored and released on two DVD collections Unseen Cinema: Early American Avant Garde Film 1894-1941 and Avant-Garde: Experimental Cinema of the 1920's and 1930's.

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[FungusMossGnosis]

"camera work ... gregg": that would be Gregg Toland, of 'Citizen Kane' renown.

[keyboardhero521]

This cheap little movie is one of my favourites. I love the cheap toy box props, the expressionistic broken lines and angles, the shifty high-contrast key lighting, the spoof of acting, the hammy emotions, the chaotic montages, all of the movie's quirks and follies.

[WhiteCamry92]

@WhiteCamry92 ,

Ah ... 'twas (dp)3!

[WhiteCamry92]

Who did the music track?

[professorro]

enjoy ...

[simonsieverts]

Maholy Nagy, Man Ray, Duchamp - they are all here.

I am certified spazzed-out by the fact that Gregg Toland did the camera on this job.

:-)(=/%

[Marty0Mcfly]

impressive for 1920s. very surrealist

[steveasat2]

Heaven needs busboys too.

[job1866]

do you mean the Universal Horror Film guy Robert Florey?? The one who was going to direct Frankenstein till they gave it to James Whale? I just got his autograph on a postcard from the 1930's. It was in a bunch of old autographs. I thought it was him, but wasn't sure. Also got Carl Laemmle's autograph too