About the film
small town patriotism wartime manufacturing workforce production defense plant weapons manufacturer manufacturing plant propoganda
Main Street Today
Release Date: March 25, 1944
| Year | : | 1944 |
| Slogan | : | «» |
| Genres | : | War, History, Drama |
| Production Companies | : | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Director | : | Edward L. Cahn |
| Producers | : | Jerry Bresler, Herbert Moulton |
| Writers | : | Karl Kamb, Karl Kamb, Julian Harmon, Julian Harmon |
| RunTime | : | 20 mins. |
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.
Main Actors
John Nesbitt
Character : Narrator (voice)
Ray Collins
Character : Otis Bird
Henry O'Neill
Character : Vance Clark
Addison Richards
Character : Fred Baker
Morris Ankrum
Character : Mayor Charlie Maxwell (uncredited)
George M. Carleton
Character : Store Owner Welburn Sprague (uncredited)
Mary Currier
Character : Mrs. Hunter (uncredited)
Robert Dudley
Character : Frank Hostetter (uncredited)
Herbert Heyes
Character : General (uncredited)
Stuart Holmes
Character : Citizen at Town Meeting (uncredited)
Lew Kelly
Character : Electrician Art Hoover at Town Meeting (uncredited)
Colin Kenny
Character : Man at Town Meeting (uncredited)
Ruth Lee
Character : Helen (uncredited)
Howard M. Mitchell
Character : Grocer Frank Victor (uncredited)
Bert Moorhouse
Character : Citizen at Town Meeting (uncredited)
Forbes Murray
Character : Businessman (uncredited)
Harry 'Snub' Pollard
Character : Pop Denton (uncredited)
Walter Soderling
Character : Banker on Citizens Committee (uncredited)
William Tannen
Character : Department of Transportation Representative (uncredited)
Ray Teal
Character : Ed a Citizen at Committee Meeting (uncredited)
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