Movie Description
Main Street Today
(1944)Overview
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.
Featured Crew
- Director : Edward L. Cahn
- Producer : Herbert Moulton,Jerry Bresler
- Editor : Tom Biggart
- Cast : John Nesbitt,Ray Collins,Henry O'Neill,Addison Richards,Morris Ankrum,George M. Carleton,Mary Currier,Robert Dudley,Herbert Heyes,Stuart Holmes,Lew Kelly,Colin Kenny,Ruth Lee,Howard M. Mitchell,Bert Moorhouse,Forbes Murray,Harry 'Snub' Pollard,Walter Soderling,William Tannen,Ray Teal
Cast
Narrator (voice)
Otis Bird
Vance Clark
Fred Baker
Mayor Charlie Maxwell (uncredited)
Store Owner Welburn Sprague (uncredited)
Mrs. Hunter (uncredited)
Frank Hostetter (uncredited)
General (uncredited)
Citizen at Town Meeting (uncredited)
Electrician Art Hoover at Town Meeting (uncredited)
Man at Town Meeting (uncredited)
Helen (uncredited)
Grocer Frank Victor (uncredited)
Citizen at Town Meeting (uncredited)
Businessman (uncredited)
Pop Denton (uncredited)
Banker on Citizens Committee (uncredited)
Department of Transportation Representative (uncredited)
Ed a Citizen at Committee Meeting (uncredited)
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Facts
Original TitleMain Street Today
Status Released
Release Information
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1944-03-25
Original LanguageEnglish
Runtime 00h 20m
Production CompaniesMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Genres
- War
- History
- Drama
