Main Street Today (1944)
25/03/1944
War, History, Drama
20m
- 62% (4 votes)
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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.
- Edward L. CahnDirector
- Julian HarmonScreenplay
- Karl KambScreenplay
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Keywords
- small town
- propaganda
- patriotism
- wartime
- manufacturing
- workforce
- production
- defense plant
- weapons manufacturer
- manufacturing plant
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)
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