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.

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	Richard L. Bare	As: Stagehand on Telephone (uncredited)
	Frank Capra	As: Self (staged 'archive' footage) (uncredited)
	Phyllis Coates	As: Self (staged 'archive' footage) (uncredited)
	John Huston	As: Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
	Vivien Leigh	As: Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Genres: Documentary

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Release Date: 12 March 1951

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Runtime: 9m

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Company: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), Warner Bros. Pictures

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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)
	Burt Lancaster	Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
	Ida Lupino	Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
	Gordon MacRae	Self (uncredited)
	Joseph L. Mankiewicz	Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
	Leo McCarey	Self (staged 'archive' footage) (uncredited)
	Harold Miller	Actor (uncredited)
	Jack Mower	Man in Audience (uncredited)
	John Pickard	Jack - Assistant Director (uncredited)
	Ruth Roman	Self (uncredited)
	Brick Sullivan	Stagehand (uncredited)
	John Wayne	Self (staged 'archive' footage) (uncredited)
	Tennessee Williams	Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
	Jack Wise	Preview Audience Spectator (uncredited)
	William Wyler	Self (staged 'archive' footage) (uncredited)
	Jane Wyman	Self (uncredited)