Main Street Today (1944)
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)
as Narrator (voice)
Ray Collins
as Otis Bird
as Otis Bird
Henry O'Neill
as Vance Clark
as Vance Clark
Addison Richards
as Fred Baker
as Fred Baker
Morris Ankrum
as Mayor Charlie Maxwell (uncredited)
as Mayor Charlie Maxwell (uncredited)
George M. Carleton
as Store Owner Welburn Sprague (uncredited)
as Store Owner Welburn Sprague (uncredited)
Mary Currier
as Mrs. Hunter (uncredited)
as Mrs. Hunter (uncredited)
Robert Dudley
as Frank Hostetter (uncredited)
as Frank Hostetter (uncredited)
Herbert Heyes
as General (uncredited)
as General (uncredited)
Stuart Holmes
as Citizen at Town Meeting (uncredited)
as Citizen at Town Meeting (uncredited)
Lew Kelly
as Electrician Art Hoover at Town Meeting (uncredited)
as Electrician Art Hoover at Town Meeting (uncredited)
Colin Kenny
as Man at Town Meeting (uncredited)
as Man at Town Meeting (uncredited)
Ruth Lee
as Helen (uncredited)
as Helen (uncredited)
Howard M. Mitchell
as Grocer Frank Victor (uncredited)
as Grocer Frank Victor (uncredited)
Bert Moorhouse
as Citizen at Town Meeting (uncredited)
as Citizen at Town Meeting (uncredited)
Forbes Murray
as Businessman (uncredited)
as Businessman (uncredited)
Harry 'Snub' Pollard
as Pop Denton (uncredited)
as Pop Denton (uncredited)
Walter Soderling
as Banker on Citizens Committee (uncredited)
as Banker on Citizens Committee (uncredited)
William Tannen
as Department of Transportation Representative (uncredited)
as Department of Transportation Representative (uncredited)
Ray Teal
as Ed a Citizen at Committee Meeting (uncredited)
as Ed a Citizen at Committee Meeting (uncredited)
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David Raksin
Music
Music
Karl Kamb
Screenplay
Screenplay
Edward L. Cahn
Director
Director
Julian Harmon
Story
Story
Jerry Bresler
Producer
Producer
Charles Salerno Jr.
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Conrad Salinger
Orchestrator
Orchestrator
Karl Kamb
Story
Story
Tom Biggart
Editor
Editor
Richard Duce
Art Direction
Art Direction
Julian Harmon
Screenplay
Screenplay
Herbert Moulton
Producer
Producer
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