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