The Screen Director [316008] Released: 1951-03-12 Revenue: $0 Budget: $0 Profit: $0 Runtime: 9 mins Popularity: 0.5851 Vote Average: 6 Vote Count: 1 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. Cast [30] Richard L. BareStagehand on Telepho Frank CapraSelf Phyllis CoatesSelf John HustonSelf Vivien LeighSelf Michael CurtizSelf Edward BibyActor Roy Del RuthSelf Paul DouglasSelf Bess FlowersWoman in Audience John FordSelf Art GilmoreNarrator Creighton HaleTheatre Manager Ray HeindorfSelf Elia KazanSelf Burt LancasterSelf Ida LupinoSelf Gordon MacRaeSelf Joseph L. MankiewiczSelf Leo McCareySelf Harold MillerActor Jack MowerMan in Audience John PickardJack - Assistant Dir Ruth RomanSelf Brick SullivanStagehand John WayneSelf Tennessee WilliamsSelf Jack WisePreview Audience Spe William WylerSelf Jane WymanSelf Trailers