The Screen Director (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.
Director: Richard L. Bare
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Richard L. Bare as Stagehand on Telephone (uncredited) |
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Frank Capra as Self (staged 'archive' footage) (uncredited) |
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Phyllis Coates as Self (staged 'archive' footage) (uncredited) |
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John Huston as Self (archive footage) (uncredited) |
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Vivien Leigh as Self (archive footage) (uncredited) |
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Michael Curtiz as Self (staged 'archive' footage) (uncredited) |
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Edward Biby as Actor (uncredited) |
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Roy Del Ruth as Self (uncredited) |
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Paul Douglas as Self (archive footage) (uncredited) |
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Bess Flowers as Woman in Audience (uncredited) |
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John Ford as Self (staged 'archive' footage) (uncredited) |
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Art Gilmore as Narrator (voice) (uncredited) |
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Creighton Hale as Theatre Manager (uncredited) |
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Ray Heindorf as Self (uncredited) |
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Elia Kazan as Self (archive footage) (uncredited) |
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Burt Lancaster as Self (archive footage) (uncredited) |
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Ida Lupino as Self (archive footage) (uncredited) |
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Gordon MacRae as Self (uncredited) |
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Joseph L. Mankiewicz as Self (archive footage) (uncredited) |
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Leo McCarey as Self (staged 'archive' footage) (uncredited) |
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Harold Miller as Actor (uncredited) |
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Jack Mower as Man in Audience (uncredited) |
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John Pickard as Jack - Assistant Director (uncredited) |
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Ruth Roman as Self (uncredited) |
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Brick Sullivan as Stagehand (uncredited) |
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John Wayne as Self (staged 'archive' footage) (uncredited) |
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Tennessee Williams as Self (archive footage) (uncredited) |
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Jack Wise as Preview Audience Spectator (uncredited) |
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William Wyler as Self (staged 'archive' footage) (uncredited) |
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Jane Wyman as Self (uncredited) |
| Production | Gordon Hollingshead | Producer |
| Directing | Richard L. Bare | Director |
| Writing | Richard L. Bare | Writer |
