Plot
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.
Trailer
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Cast
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)
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Leo McCarey
Self (staged 'archive' footage) (uncredited)
Harold Miller
Actor (uncredited)
Jack Mower
Man in Audience (uncredited)
John Pickard
Jack - Assistant Director (uncredited)
Ruth Roman
Self (uncredited)
Brick Sullivan
Stagehand (uncredited)
John Wayne
Self (staged 'archive' footage) (uncredited)
Tennessee Williams
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Jack Wise
Preview Audience Spectator (uncredited)
William Wyler
Self (staged 'archive' footage) (uncredited)
Jane Wyman
Self (uncredited)
