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.
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)
