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Main Street Today (1944) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1944 · 20 mins · English
- Directed by
- Edward L. Cahn
- Starring
- Henry O'Neill, Ray Collins, Herbert Heyes, Ray Teal, William Tannen, Colin Kenny
This patriotic short film promotes America’s war effort at home, portraying a fictional small‑town main street as a microcosm of the national push. It follows shopkeepers, factory owners and townspeople as they consider how to draw additional workers and increase production of the materials the military needs.
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