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Edison, the Man (1940)

Overview

In flashback, fifty years after inventing the light bulb, an 82-year-old Edison tells his story starting at age twenty-two with his arrival in New York. He's on his way with the invention of an early form of the stock market ticker.
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Clarence Brown profile
Clarence Brown

Director

Talbot Jennings profile
Talbot Jennings

Screenplay

Cast

Spencer Tracy profile
Spencer Tracy

Thomas A. Edison

Charles Coburn profile
Charles Coburn

General Powell

Lynne Overman profile
Lynne Overman

Bunt Cavatt

Rita Johnson profile
Rita Johnson

Mary Stilwell

Gene Lockhart profile
Gene Lockhart

Mr. Taggart

Henry Travers profile
Henry Travers

Ben Els

Felix Bressart profile
Felix Bressart

Michael Simon

Peter Godfrey profile
Peter Godfrey

Ashton

Guy D'Ennery profile
Guy D'Ennery

Lundstrom

Byron Foulger profile
Byron Foulger

Edwin Hall

Milton Parsons profile
Milton Parsons

'Acid' Graham

Arthur Aylesworth profile
Arthur Aylesworth

Bigelow

Spencer Tracy profile
Spencer Tracy

Thomas A. Edison

Charles Coburn profile
Charles Coburn

General Powell

Lynne Overman profile
Lynne Overman

Bunt Cavatt

Rita Johnson profile
Rita Johnson

Mary Stilwell

Gene Lockhart profile
Gene Lockhart

Mr. Taggart

Henry Travers profile
Henry Travers

Ben Els

Felix Bressart profile
Felix Bressart

Michael Simon

Peter Godfrey profile
Peter Godfrey

Ashton

Guy D'Ennery profile
Guy D'Ennery

Lundstrom

Byron Foulger profile
Byron Foulger

Edwin Hall

Milton Parsons profile
Milton Parsons

'Acid' Graham

Arthur Aylesworth profile
Arthur Aylesworth

Bigelow

Extra

Release Date

May 10, 1940

Original Language

English

Budget

$0.00

Production Company

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer logo

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Videos

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