Main Street Today (1944)

March 25, 1944 (US) • War, History, Drama • 20m

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.

Director

Edward L. Cahn

Writers

Karl Kamb, Julian Harmon, Karl Kamb, Julian Harmon

Top Billed

John Nesbitt

Keywords

small town propaganda patriotism wartime manufacturing workforce production defense plant manufacturing plant

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Top Billed Cast

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)

Ruth Lee

Helen (uncredited)

Howard M. Mitchell

Grocer Frank Victor (uncredited)

Bert Moorhouse

Citizen at Town Meeting (uncredited)

Forbes Murray

Businessman (uncredited)

Harry 'Snub' Pollard

Pop Denton (uncredited)

Walter Soderling

Banker on Citizens Committee (uncredited)

William Tannen

Department of Transportation Representative (uncredited)

Ray Teal

Ed a Citizen at Committee Meeting (uncredited)

Crew

David Raksin

Music

Karl Kamb

Screenplay

Edward L. Cahn

Director

Julian Harmon

Story

Jerry Bresler

Producer

Charles Salerno Jr.

Director of Photography

Conrad Salinger

Orchestrator

Karl Kamb

Story

Tom Biggart

Editor

Richard Duce

Art Direction

Julian Harmon

Screenplay

Herbert Moulton

Producer

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Main Street Today (1944)

Karl Kamb, Julian Harmon, Karl Kamb, Julian Harmon

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