A behind-the-scenes look at all the responsibilities (and headaches) a director assumes when making a motion picture.A behind-the-scenes look at all the responsibilities (and headaches) a director assumes when making a motion picture.A behind-the-scenes look at all the responsibilities (and headaches) a director assumes when making a motion picture.
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Richard L. Bare
- Stagehand on Telephone
- (uncredited)
Edward Biby
- Actor
- (uncredited)
Frank Capra
- Self (staged 'archive' footage)
- (uncredited)
Phyllis Coates
- Self - staged 'archive' footage
- (uncredited)
Michael Curtiz
- Self (staged 'archive' footage)
- (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)
John Huston
- Self
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Elia Kazan
- Self
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Burt Lancaster
- Self
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Vivien Leigh
- Self
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Ida Lupino
- Self
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Gordon MacRae
- Self
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Richard L. Bare(uncredited)
- Writer
- Richard L. Bare(uncredited)
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaJohn Ford is shown directing John Wayne on the set of Operation Pacific (1951), a film not directed by Ford.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film (2002)
Featured review
Fair Short About Directing
Screen Director, The (1951)
** (out of 4)
Another documentary-short in the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences series that explains to viewers what the jobs of various people are. This time out we take a look at a director and learn that he has a lot more to do than just telling a story as he has to worry about the budget, costumes, art direction, making sure the actors know how to act and making sure to communicate with everyone so that the entire machine can come together. This is the second film in the series that I've seen and this one here is a tad bit more entertaining since we get a couple scenes where the director corrects some actors and makes them film a scene for a second time. We see how different an actor could play a certain scene even with the same dialogue. I found that to be the biggest highlight here but for the most part everything else is stuff most people are going to already know.
** (out of 4)
Another documentary-short in the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences series that explains to viewers what the jobs of various people are. This time out we take a look at a director and learn that he has a lot more to do than just telling a story as he has to worry about the budget, costumes, art direction, making sure the actors know how to act and making sure to communicate with everyone so that the entire machine can come together. This is the second film in the series that I've seen and this one here is a tad bit more entertaining since we get a couple scenes where the director corrects some actors and makes them film a scene for a second time. We see how different an actor could play a certain scene even with the same dialogue. I found that to be the biggest highlight here but for the most part everything else is stuff most people are going to already know.
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- Michael_Elliott
- May 8, 2010
Details
- Runtime9 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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