The Screen Director (1951)

Cast

Uncredited cast:
	Richard L. Bare	...	Stagehand on Telephone (uncredited)
	Frank Capra	...	Himself (staged 'archive' footage) (uncredited)
	Phyllis Coates	...	Herself - staged 'archive' footage (uncredited)
	Michael Curtiz	...	Himself (staged 'archive' footage) (uncredited)
	Roy Del Ruth	...	Himself (uncredited)
	Paul Douglas	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
	Bess Flowers	...	Woman in Audience (uncredited)
	John Ford	...	Himself (staged 'archive' footage) (uncredited)
	Art Gilmore	...	Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
	Creighton Hale	...	Theatre Manager (uncredited)
	John Huston	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
	Elia Kazan	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
	Burt Lancaster	...	Himself (staged 'archive' footage) (uncredited)
	Vivien Leigh	...	Herself (archive footage) (uncredited)
	Ida Lupino	...	Herself (archive footage) (uncredited)

Storyline

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. Written by Jim Beaver <jumblejim@prodigy.net>  

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