Main Street Today

Main Street Today (1944)


  • Genre: War, History, Drama
  • Release Date: 1944-03-25
  • User Rating: 6.7/10 from 3 ratings
  • Runtime: 0h 20min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Edward L. Cahn
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From 3 Ratings

Summary

This patriotic short film promotes America's war effort at home. The story looks at a fictional small town's main street, seeing where additional workforce, for increased production of materials needed by the military, might come from.

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  • John Nesbitt

    as Narrator (voice)
  • Ray Collins

    as Otis Bird
  • Henry O'Neill

    as Vance Clark
  • Addison Richards

    as Fred Baker
  • Morris Ankrum

    as Mayor Charlie Maxwell (uncredited)
  • George M. Carleton

    as Store Owner Welburn Sprague (uncredited)
  • Mary Currier

    as Mrs. Hunter (uncredited)
  • Robert Dudley

    as Frank Hostetter (uncredited)
  • Herbert Heyes

    as General (uncredited)
  • Stuart Holmes

    as Citizen at Town Meeting (uncredited)
  • Lew Kelly

    as Electrician Art Hoover at Town Meeting (uncredited)
  • Colin Kenny

    as Man at Town Meeting (uncredited)
  • Ruth Lee

    as Helen (uncredited)
  • Howard M. Mitchell

    as Grocer Frank Victor (uncredited)
  • Bert Moorhouse

    as Citizen at Town Meeting (uncredited)
  • Forbes Murray

    as Businessman (uncredited)
  • Harry 'Snub' Pollard

    as Pop Denton (uncredited)
  • Walter Soderling

    as Banker on Citizens Committee (uncredited)
  • William Tannen

    as Department of Transportation Representative (uncredited)
  • Ray Teal

    as Ed a Citizen at Committee Meeting (uncredited)
Writing Julian Harmon Screenplay
Writing Karl Kamb Story
Writing Julian Harmon Story
Directing Edward L. Cahn Director
Writing Karl Kamb Screenplay
Sound David Raksin Music
Production Herbert Moulton Producer
Editing Tom Biggart Editor
Sound Conrad Salinger Orchestrator
Art Richard Duce Art Direction
Production Jerry Bresler Producer
Camera Charles Salerno Jr. Director of Photography

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