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Main Street Today( 1944)

TV-MAWarHistoryDrama
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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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      John Nesbitt

      Narrator (voice)

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      Ray Collins

      Otis Bird

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      Henry O'Neill

      Vance Clark

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      Addison Richards

      Fred Baker

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      Morris Ankrum

      Mayor Charlie Maxwell (uncredited)

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      George M. Carleton

      Store Owner Welburn Sprague (uncredited)

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      Mary Currier

      Mrs. Hunter (uncredited)

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      Robert Dudley

      Frank Hostetter (uncredited)

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      Herbert Heyes

      General (uncredited)

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      Stuart Holmes

      Citizen at Town Meeting (uncredited)

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      Lew Kelly

      Electrician Art Hoover at Town Meeting (uncredited)

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      Colin Kenny

      Man at Town Meeting (uncredited)

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      Ruth Lee

      Helen (uncredited)

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      Howard M. Mitchell

      Grocer Frank Victor (uncredited)

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      Bert Moorhouse

      Citizen at Town Meeting (uncredited)

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      Forbes Murray

      Businessman (uncredited)

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      Harry 'Snub' Pollard

      Pop Denton (uncredited)

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      Walter Soderling

      Banker on Citizens Committee (uncredited)

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      William Tannen

      Department of Transportation Representative (uncredited)

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      Ray Teal

      Ed a Citizen at Committee Meeting (uncredited)

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

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    Revenue

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    Keywords

    • small town
    • propaganda
    • patriotism
    • wartime
    • manufacturing
    • workforce
    • production
    • defense plant
    • weapons manufacturer
    • manufacturing plant