Frank Capra (Ladies of Leisure, The Miracle Woman, Forbidden, The Bitter Tea of General Yen and Meet John Doe)

Archie Mayo (Illicit, Ever in My Heart, Gambling Lady)

William Wellman (Night Nurse, So Big, The Purchase Price, The Great Man’s Lady, Lady of Burlesque)

Alfred E. Green (Baby Face, A Lost Lady)

George Stevens (Annie Oakley)

John Ford (The Plough and The Stars)

King Vidor (Stella Dallas)

Cecil B. DeMille (Union Pacific)

Rouben Mamoulian (Golden Boy)

Mitchell Leisen (Remember the Night, No Man of her Own)

Preston Sturges (The Lady Eve)

Howard Hawks (Ball of Fire)

Billy Wilder (Double Indemnity)

Peter Godfrey (Christmas in Connecticut, The Two Mrs. Carroll’s, Cry Wolf)

Anatole Litvak (Sorry, Wrong Number)

Mervyn LeRoy (East Side, West Side)

Anthony Mann (The Furies)

Fritz Lang (Clash By Night)

John Sturges (Jeopardy)

Jean Negulesco (Titanic)

Douglas Sirk (All I Desire, There’s Always Tomorrow)

Roy Rowland (The Moonlighter, Witness to Murder)

Allan Dwan (Cattle Queen of Montana, Escape to Burma)

Samuel Fuller (40 Guns)

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