The Screen Director (1951)

Genre : Documentary

Runtime : 9M

Director : Richard L. Bare

Synopsis

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.

Actors

Richard L. Bare
Richard L. Bare
Himself
Frank Capra
Frank Capra
Himself
Phyllis Coates
Phyllis Coates
Herself
John Huston
John Huston
Himself
Vivien Leigh
Vivien Leigh
Herself
Michael Curtiz
Michael Curtiz
Edward Biby
Edward Biby
Roy Del Ruth
Roy Del Ruth
Paul Douglas
Paul Douglas
Bess Flowers
Bess Flowers
John Ford
John Ford
Art Gilmore
Art Gilmore
Creighton Hale
Creighton Hale
Ray Heindorf
Ray Heindorf
Elia Kazan
Elia Kazan
Burt Lancaster
Burt Lancaster
Ida Lupino
Ida Lupino
Gordon MacRae
Gordon MacRae
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Leo McCarey
Leo McCarey
Harold Miller
Harold Miller
Jack Mower
Jack Mower
John Pickard
John Pickard
Ruth Roman
Ruth Roman
Brick Sullivan
Brick Sullivan
John Wayne
John Wayne
Tennessee Williams
Tennessee Williams
Jack Wise
Jack Wise
William Wyler
William Wyler
Jane Wyman
Jane Wyman

Crews

Richard L. Bare
Richard L. Bare
Director
Richard L. Bare
Richard L. Bare
Writer
Gordon Hollingshead
Gordon Hollingshead
Producer

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