07 Dec 1990
Edward Scissorhands
A small suburban town receives a visit from a castaway unfinished science experiment named Edward.
Main Street Today
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
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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