50 Years of Action!
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Douglass M Stewart
Tom Donovan
Dan Lew
Richard Brooks
George L George
Norman Corwin
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
The history of the Directors Guild of America is recounted. Begun in the years when people in the United States were fighting for unions, the guild was initially not recognized by the movie studios. The organization was started by twelve men and evolved fairly peacefully until 1950 when president Joseph L Mankiewicz was branded a Commnuist and almost unseated Cecil B. DeMille. The history of the guild goes on from there, up to the formation of a Bill of Rights which was being developed during the filming of the documentary.
Director
Douglass M Stewart
Cast
Tom Donovan
Dan Lew
Richard Brooks
George L George
Norman Corwin
Gilbert Cates
Steve Besner
Alan Gordon
Elliot Silverstein
Arthur Forrest
Martha Coolidge
Michael Cimino
John Alonzo
Stanley Ackerman
Richard Crenna
James Wall
Gene Searchinger
Joseph C Youngerman
Gordon Parks
Elia Kazan
John Rich
H Richard Mutschler
Sidney Lumet
Lynne Littman
John Huston
Patricia Mcbrearty
Adam Merims
Edward Dmytryk
Robert Wise
Sheldon Leonard
Susan Seidelman
Morris R Abrams
Woody Allen
Milos Forman
Ernest Ricca
Michael H Franklin
Fletcher Markle
Kim Kurumada
John Schlesinger
Himan Brown
Chico Day
Warren Beatty
William Crain
Rouben Mamoulian
Martin Ritt
Joan Micklin Silver
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Crew
Morris R Abrams
Stanley Ackerman
Woody Allen
John Alonzo
John Alonzo
Warren Beatty
Steve Besner
Richard Brooks
Himan Brown
Gilbert Cates
Michael Cimino
Jim Clayter
Chuck Clifton
Chuck Clifton
Bill Conti
Martha Coolidge
Norman Corwin
William Crain
Chico Day
Caleb Deschanel
Caleb Deschanel
Edward Dmytryk
Tom Donovan
Milos Forman
Arthur Forrest
Michael H Franklin
George L George
Walt Gilmore
Fred Ginsberg
Alan Gordon
John Huston
Elia Kazan
Kim Kurumada
Sheldon Leonard
Dan Lew
John Lifavi
Lynne Littman
Michael Lonsdale
Sidney Lumet
Rouben Mamoulian
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Fletcher Markle
James Mathers
Patricia Mcbrearty
Adam Merims
H Richard Mutschler
Joe Napolitano
Gordon Parks
Ernest Ricca
John Rich
Martin Ritt
John Schlesinger
Gene Searchinger
Susan Seidelman
Joan Micklin Silver
Elliot Silverstein
John Soh
John Soh
Douglass M Stewart
Douglass M Stewart
Douglass M Stewart
Steven Tramz
James Wall
Dwight Williams
Robert Wise
Joseph C Youngerman
Film Details
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Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States 1986
Released in United States February 1988
Shown at Berlin Film Festival February 1988.
Film was produced to mark the 50th anniversary of the Directors Guild of America.
Released in United States February 1988 (Shown at Berlin Film Festival February 1988.)
Released in United States 1986
