Main Street Today

Edward L. Cahn
1944-03-25


6.7
20 min

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.

Cast

Name Character Team
John Nesbitt Narrator (voice) Unowned
Ray Collins Otis Bird Unowned
Henry O'Neill Vance Clark Unowned
Addison Richards Fred Baker Unowned
Morris Ankrum Mayor Charlie Maxwell (uncredited) Unowned
George M. Carleton Store Owner Welburn Sprague (uncredited) Unowned
Mary Currier Mrs. Hunter (uncredited) Unowned
Robert Dudley Frank Hostetter (uncredited) Unowned
Herbert Heyes General (uncredited) Unowned
Stuart Holmes Citizen at Town Meeting (uncredited) Unowned
Lew Kelly Electrician Art Hoover at Town Meeting (uncredited) Unowned
Colin Kenny Man at Town Meeting (uncredited) Unowned
Ruth Lee Helen (uncredited) Unowned
Howard M. Mitchell Grocer Frank Victor (uncredited) Unowned
Bert Moorhouse Citizen at Town Meeting (uncredited) Unowned
Forbes Murray Businessman (uncredited) Unowned
Harry 'Snub' Pollard Pop Denton (uncredited) Unowned
Walter Soderling Banker on Citizens Committee (uncredited) Unowned
William Tannen Department of Transportation Representative (uncredited) Unowned
Ray Teal Ed a Citizen at Committee Meeting (uncredited) Unowned