The Screen Director

The Screen Director

Release date : March 12, 1951
Runtime : 9m
Countries of origin :
Original Language :
Director : Richard L. Bare /
Writers : Richard L. Bare /
Production companies : Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) / Warner Bros. Pictures /
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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
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)

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  • title:The Screen Director
  • status:Released
  • Release date: 1951
  • Runtime:9m
  • Genres: Documentary ·
  • Countries of origin:
  • Original Language:
  • Director: Richard L. Bare /
  • Writers: Richard L. Bare ·
  • Production companies: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) · Warner Bros. Pictures ·
  • Overview: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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