The Screen Director (1951)

The Screen Director (1951)

1951-03-12 9 Min. PG-13
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Overview

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.

Cast

Richard L. Bare is Stagehand on Telephone (uncredited)
Stagehand on Telephone (uncredited)
Frank Capra is Self (staged 'archive' footage) (uncredited)
Self (staged 'archive' footage) (uncredited)
Phyllis Coates is Self (staged 'archive' footage) (uncredited)
Self (staged 'archive' footage) (uncredited)
John Huston is Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Vivien Leigh is Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Michael Curtiz is Self (staged 'archive' footage) (uncredited)
Self (staged 'archive' footage) (uncredited)
Edward Biby is Actor (uncredited)
Actor (uncredited)
Roy Del Ruth is Self (uncredited)
Self (uncredited)
Paul Douglas is Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Bess Flowers is Woman in Audience (uncredited)
Woman in Audience (uncredited)
John Ford is Self (staged 'archive' footage) (uncredited)
Self (staged 'archive' footage) (uncredited)
Art Gilmore is Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)