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Edison, the Man

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.

Release Date: 1940-05-10

Original Language: en

Genres: Unknown Genre

Rating:

Popularity:

2.525

Cast Members

Spencer Tracy

Thomas A. Edison

Charles Coburn

General Powell

Lynne Overman

Bunt Cavatt

Rita Johnson

Mary Stilwell

Gene Lockhart

Mr. Taggart

Felix Bressart

Michael Simon

Guy D'Ennery

Lundstrom

Byron Foulger

Edwin Hall

Milton Parsons

'Acid' Graham

Gene Reynolds

Jimmy Price

Addison Richards

Mr. Johnson

Paul Hurst

Sheriff

George Lessey

Toastmaster

Jay Ward

John Schofield

Ann Gillis

Nancy Grey

Erville Alderson

First Lecturer

William Arnold

Minor Role

Edward Biby

Party Guest

John Butler

Mechanic

James Carlisle

Party Guest

George Chandler

Gold Exchange Clerk

Howard Chase

Minor Role

James Conaty

Party Guest

Jack Daley

Minor Role

Edgar Dearing

Policeman

Helen Dickson

Minor Role

Frank Faylen

Galbreath

Walter Fenner

Man at Banquet

Sam Harris

Party Guest

Eve Kendall

Marion Estelle Edison

Charles Lane

Second Lecturer

Tom Mahoney

Policeman

Eric Mayne

Party Guest

Hans Moebus

Party Guest

Edmund Mortimer

Party Guest

Alex Novinsky

Party Guest

George Ovey

Lamplighter

Thomas Pogue

Minor Role

Cyril Ring

Reporter

Count Stefenelli

Party Guest

Harry Strang

Minor Role

Emmett Vogan

Secretary

Charles Waldron

First Commissioner

Frank Whitbeck

Trailer Narrator (voice)

Joe Whitehead

Minor Role