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.
Made in US
7/10
1951
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Cast
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)
Michael Curtiz
As Self (staged 'archive' footage) (uncredited)
Edward Biby
As Actor (uncredited)
Roy Del Ruth
As Self (uncredited)
Paul Douglas
As Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Bess Flowers
As Woman in Audience (uncredited)
John Ford
As Self (staged 'archive' footage) (uncredited)
Art Gilmore
As Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Creighton Hale
As Theatre Manager (uncredited)
Ray Heindorf
As Self (uncredited)
Elia Kazan
As Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Burt Lancaster
As Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Ida Lupino
As Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Gordon MacRae
As Self (uncredited)
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
As Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Leo McCarey
As Self (staged 'archive' footage) (uncredited)
Harold Miller
As Actor (uncredited)
Jack Mower
As Man in Audience (uncredited)
John Pickard
As Jack - Assistant Director (uncredited)
Ruth Roman
As Self (uncredited)
Brick Sullivan
As Stagehand (uncredited)
John Wayne
As Self (staged 'archive' footage) (uncredited)
Tennessee Williams
As Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Jack Wise
As Preview Audience Spectator (uncredited)
William Wyler
As Self (staged 'archive' footage) (uncredited)
Jane Wyman
As Self (uncredited)
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