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