Main Street Today

Name: Main Street Today
Genre: War, History, Drama
Released: 1944
Duration: 20 min
Rating: 6.333

1944 · 20 min

War · History · Drama

★ 6.3

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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.

Crew

Director Edward L. Cahn
Screenplay Karl Kamb
Screenplay Julian Harmon
Story Karl Kamb
Story Julian Harmon
Director of Photography Charles Salerno Jr.

Cast

J
John Nesbitt
Narrator (voice)
Ray Collins
Otis Bird
Henry O'Neill
Vance Clark
Addison Richards
Fred Baker
Morris Ankrum
Mayor Charlie Maxwell (uncredited)
George M. Carleton
Store Owner Welburn Sprague (uncredited)
Mary Currier
Mrs. Hunter (uncredited)
Robert Dudley
Frank Hostetter (uncredited)
Herbert Heyes
General (uncredited)
Stuart Holmes
Citizen at Town Meeting (uncredited)
Lew Kelly
Electrician Art Hoover at Town Meeting (uncredited)
Colin Kenny
Man at Town Meeting (uncredited)

Crew

Director — Edward L. Cahn
Screenplay — Karl Kamb
Screenplay — Julian Harmon
Story — Karl Kamb
Story — Julian Harmon
Director of Photography — Charles Salerno Jr.

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