---
title: 'Main Street to Broadway (1953)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Tay Garnett'
released: '1953-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 103
genres:
  - 'Music'
  - 'Comedy'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/main-street-to-broadway-1953'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046027/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Main Street to Broadway (1953)

1953 · 103 min · Music, Comedy, Romance · United States


## Synopsis

Main Street to Broadway is a 1953 American romantic musical comedy-drama film by independent producer Lester Cowan, his final credit, in collaboration with The Council of the Living Theatre, which provided tie-up with a number of well-known Broadway names. The backstage story features Tom Morton as an aspiring playwright who hopes to stage a Broadway production, Mary Murphy, as a young lady from Indiana, and radio-TV humorist Herb Shriner in a rare acting role as a hardware store owner.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Tay Garnett](https://cinepixo.com/people/tay-garnett)
- **Screenplay:** [Samson Raphaelson](https://cinepixo.com/people/samson-raphaelson)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Ann Ronell](https://cinepixo.com/people/ann-ronell)
- **Director of Photography:** [James Wong Howe](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-wong-howe)

## Cast

- [Agnes Moorehead](https://cinepixo.com/people/agnes-moorehead)
- [Mary Murphy](https://cinepixo.com/people/mary-murphy)

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