Main Street Today (1944)
1944 · 0h 20m · War, History, Drama
Genres: War, History, Drama
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.
Director: Edward L. Cahn
Writers: Karl Kamb, Julian Harmon
Music by: David Raksin
Cinematography: Charles Salerno Jr.
Editor: Tom Biggart
Cast
John Nesbitt as Narrator (voice)Ray Collins as Otis BirdHenry O'Neill as Vance ClarkAddison Richards as Fred BakerMorris 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)More like this
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