The Screen Director

The Screen Director

🎞️ Movie 9 min US
โ˜… 6.4 /10 1951

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