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The Screen Director

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Calorie Rating: 13
Released: 1951-03-12
Running Time: 9 Minutes
Studios: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), Warner Bros. Pictures,


A documentary short film depicting the work of the motion picture director. An anonymous director is shown preparing the various aspects of a film for production, meeting with the writer and producer, approving wardrobe and set design, rehearsing scenes with the actors and camera crew, shooting the scenes, watching dailies, working with the editor and composer, and attending the first preview. Then a number of real directors are shown in archive footage (as well as a predominance of staged 'archive' footage) working with actors and crew.

Director / Directors



Cast

Richard L. Bare
Character: Stagehand on Telephone (uncredited)
Frank Capra
Character: Self (staged 'archive' footage) (uncredited)
Phyllis Coates
Character: Self (staged 'archive' footage) (uncredited)

John Huston
Character: Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Vivien Leigh
Character: Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Michael Curtiz
Character: Self (staged 'archive' footage) (uncredited)

Edward Biby
Character: Actor (uncredited)
Roy Del Ruth
Character: Self (uncredited)
Paul Douglas
Character: Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Bess Flowers
Character: Woman in Audience (uncredited)
John Ford
Character: Self (staged 'archive' footage) (uncredited)
Art Gilmore
Character: Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Creighton Hale
Character: Theatre Manager (uncredited)
Ray Heindorf
Character: Self (uncredited)
Elia Kazan
Character: Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Burt Lancaster
Character: Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Ida Lupino
Character: Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Gordon MacRae
Character: Self (uncredited)

Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Character: Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Leo McCarey
Character: Self (staged 'archive' footage) (uncredited)
Harold Miller
Character: Actor (uncredited)

Jack Mower
Character: Man in Audience (uncredited)
John Pickard
Character: Jack - Assistant Director (uncredited)
Ruth Roman
Character: Self (uncredited)

Brick Sullivan
Character: Stagehand (uncredited)
John Wayne
Character: Self (staged 'archive' footage) (uncredited)
Tennessee Williams
Character: Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Jack Wise
Character: Preview Audience Spectator (uncredited)
William Wyler
Character: Self (staged 'archive' footage) (uncredited)
Jane Wyman
Character: Self (uncredited)


Production and Crew