The Screen Director
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.
Top cast
Richard L. Bare
Stagehand on Telephone (uncredited)
Frank Capra
Self (staged 'archive' footage) (uncredited)
Phyllis Coates
Self (staged 'archive' footage) (uncredited)
John Huston
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Vivien Leigh
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Michael Curtiz
Self (staged 'archive' footage) (uncredited)
Edward Biby
Actor (uncredited)
Roy Del Ruth
Self (uncredited)
Paul Douglas
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Bess Flowers
Woman in Audience (uncredited)
John Ford
Self (staged 'archive' footage) (uncredited)
Art Gilmore
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Creighton Hale
Theatre Manager (uncredited)
Ray Heindorf
Self (uncredited)
Elia Kazan
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- March 12, 1951
- Runtime
- 9m
- Original language
- EN
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