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The Screen Director

60% | Mar 12, 1951 | Documentary

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.

Featured Crew

Gordon Hollingshead
Producer
Richard L. Bare
Director

Cast

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

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