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George Stevens: A Filmaker's Journey (1984)

Biography of director George Stevens by his son. It includes clips from many
of his films with commentary by the actors and by directors such as Frank Capra,
John Huston and Alan Pakula, among others. Also included are Stevens's war
"home movies," found only after his death. Assigned by Eisenhower to film the
war in Europe, Stevens used the opportunity to produce, at the same time, the
only color footage ever shot in World War II. There is breathtaking film of D-Day
and its aftermath; the triumphal march through Paris of the Allied liberators;
and the unspeakable horrors of Dachau. This is what Goya might have done
with a movie camera. On a more mundane level is a segment on Cecil B. DeMille's
1950 underhanded attempt to oust Joseph L. Mankiewicz, then president, from
the Directors' Guild, which Stevens was instrumental in blocking.

Directed by George Stevens Jr.

Cast:

Jean Arthur ....  Clips from 'The More the Merrier' and 'Shane' (archive footage)
Fred Astaire ....  Himself Montgomery Clift ....  Clip from 'A Place in the Sun'
(archive footage)
James Dean ....  Clip from 'Giant' (archive footage)
Douglas Fairbanks Jr. ....  Himself (also archive footage)
Cary Grant ....  Himself, on set of 'Gunga Din' (archive footage)
Katharine Hepburn ....  Herself
Rock Hudson ....  Clip from 'Giant' (archive footage)
Sam Jaffe ....  Himself, on set of 'Gunga Din' (archive footage)
Alan Ladd ....  Clip from 'Shane' (archive footage)
Fred MacMurray ....  Clip from 'Alice Adams' (archive footage)
Joel McCrea ....  Himself (also archive footage)
Jack Palance ....  Clip from 'Shane' (archive footage)
Millie Perkins ....  Herself Ginger Rogers ....  Clip from 'Swing Time' (archive footage)
Elizabeth Taylor ....  Clips from 'A Place in the Sun' and 'Giant' (archive footage)
Spencer Tracy ....  Clip from 'Woman of the Year' (archive footage)
Max von Sydow ....  Himself (also archive footage)
Shelley Winters ....  Clips from 'A Place in the Sun' and 'The Diary of Anne Frank'
Warren Beatty ....  Himself
Frank Capra ....  Himself
John Huston ....  Himself
Rouben Mamoulian ....  Himself
Joseph L. Mankiewicz ....  Himself
Alan J. Pakula ....  Himself
Fred Zinnemann ....  Himself
Pandro S. Berman ....  Himself
van Moffat ....  Himself
Hermes Pan ....  Himself
Hal Roach ....  Himself
Irwin Shaw ....  Himself (also archive footage)
Jack Sher ....  Himself
George Stevens ....  Himself (archive footage)
George Stevens Jr. ....  Himself - Narrator (also archive footage)
Yvonne Stevens ....  Herself
Toni Vellani ....  Himself
Van Heflin ....  Himself, on set of 'The Greatest Story Ever Told' (archive footage)
Victor McLaglen ....  Himself, on set of 'Gunga Din' (archive footage)

Produced by George Stevens Jr. ....  producer
Antonio Vellani ....  associate producer
Susan Winslow ....  co-producer
Original Music by Carl Davis
Cinematography by Harrison Engle
Film Editing by Catherine Shield
Production Management Gail Schumann ....  production manager
Sound Department Steve Nelson ....  sound mixer
A.C. Warden ....  sound editor
Other crew:
Carl Davis ....  conductor
Michael Day ....  associate editor
Caroline Stevens ....  researcher
A.C. Warden ....  associate editor
Susan Winslow ....  supervising editor   

Runtime: 110 min / USA:58 min (PBS American Masters version.)
Country: USA
Language: English
Color: Black and White / Color
Sound Mix: Mono Certification: Australia:G

Awards: 2 wins

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