Born in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. Story and screenplay writer who entered American film with Paramount's HERE COMES THE GROOM (1934). Other notable credits, alone or in collaboration, include MISTER CINDERELLA and GENERAL SPANKY (both 1936), FIT FOR A KING (1937), BEWARE SPOOKS! (1939), SO YOU WON'T TALK (1940), GO WEST, YOUNG LADY and BEDTIME STORY (both 1941), A NIGHT TO REMEMBER, THE MORE THE MERRIER and DANGEROUS BLONDES (all 1943), THE AFFAIRS OF SUSAN (1945), ONE LAST FLING (1949), AFFAIR WITH A STRANGER (1953), and his last film, SHE COULDN'T SAY NO (1954). Flournoy was the scenarist and screenwriter for Columbia's "Blondie" series from 1938 until 1942.  Nominated for Writing (Screenplay) 1943: THE MORE THE MERRIER (w. Lewis R. Foster, Frank Ross & Robert Russell) 1 nomination