Main Street Today
1944
20min
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.
Storyline
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.
Released
25 March 1944
Runtime
20min
Director
Genre
Status
Released
Language
English
Production
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
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)
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