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Main Street to Broadway

Main Street to Broadway

Release: 1953-10-12 ·Runtime: 103m ·★ 6.5
Romance Music

In New York, a surly, down-on-his-heels playwright meets a country girl who's giving up trying to act and returning home. He goes with her for inspiration when his agent convinces a stage star to take his next effort. When he returns to Broadway, his girl stays behind and starts seeing a local businessman.

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Cinema Productions

Cast

Leon Tyler Leon Tyler as Boy Actor (uncredited) Tallulah Bankhead Tallulah Bankhead as Self Jo Ann Sayers Jo Ann Sayers as Bride in Musical Number (uncredited) Mary Murphy Mary Murphy as Mary Craig Richard Rodgers Richard Rodgers as Self Al Hirschfeld Al Hirschfeld as Self (uncredited) Tommy Morton Tommy Morton as Tony Monaco Shirley Booth Shirley Booth as Self Mary Martin Mary Martin as Self Lydia Reed Lydia Reed as Self (uncredited) Vivian Blaine Vivian Blaine as Self (uncredited) Regis Toomey Regis Toomey as Desk Sergeant (uncredited) Rosemary DeCamp Rosemary DeCamp as Mrs. Harry Craig Cornel Wilde Cornel Wilde as Self Madge Kennedy Madge Kennedy as Mrs. Cope in Fantasy Sequence Frank Albertson Frank Albertson as Self (uncredited) Peggy Wood Peggy Wood as Self (uncredited) Gertrude Berg Gertrude Berg as Tony's Neighbor John Mason Brown John Mason Brown as Critic (uncredited) Elsa Maxwell Elsa Maxwell as Self (uncredited) Lionel Barrymore Lionel Barrymore as Self Rex Harrison Rex Harrison as Self Carl Benton Reid Carl Benton Reid as Judge Robbins in Fantasy Sequence Dolly Haas Dolly Haas as Self (uncredited) Sam Jaffe Sam Jaffe as Self (uncredited) Jeffrey Lynn Jeffrey Lynn as Self (uncredited) Faye Emerson Faye Emerson as Self Jack Gilford Jack Gilford as Box Office Clerk (uncredited) B.S. Pully B.S. Pully as Self (uncredited) Estelle Winwood Estelle Winwood as Self (uncredited) Herb Shriner Herb Shriner as Frank Johnson Leo Durocher Leo Durocher as Self Maureen Stapleton Maureen Stapleton as Self (uncredited) Charles Williams Charles Williams as Bartender (uncredited) Helen Hayes Helen Hayes as Self Joshua Logan Joshua Logan as Self Stuart Erwin Stuart Erwin as Self (uncredited) Joan McCracken Joan McCracken as Self (uncredited) Frank Ferguson Frank Ferguson as Mr. Cope in Fantasy Sequence Louis Calhern Louis Calhern as Self Ethel Barrymore Ethel Barrymore as Self Nedda Harrigan Nedda Harrigan as Self (uncredited) Mike Lally Mike Lally as Mailman (uncredited) Jessie Royce Landis Jessie Royce Landis as Self (uncredited) Arthur Shields Arthur Shields as Actor in Fantasy Sequence Agnes Moorehead Agnes Moorehead as Mildred Waterbury Lilli Palmer Lilli Palmer as Self Florence Bates Florence Bates as Mrs. Bessmer in Fantasy Sequence Robert Bray Robert Bray as Lawyer in Fantasy Sequence Clinton Sundberg Clinton Sundberg as Mr. Harry Craig June Collyer June Collyer as Self (uncredited)