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Edison, the Man

67 %|May 10, 1940|History, Drama

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.

Featured Crew

Clarence Brown
Director
Talbot Jennings
Screenplay
Bradbury Foote
Screenplay
Dore Schary
Original Story
Hugo Butler
Original Story
Herbert Stothart
Music

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Cast

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Spencer Tracy
Thomas A. Edison
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Charles Coburn
General Powell
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Lynne Overman
Bunt Cavatt
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Rita Johnson
Mary Stilwell
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Gene Lockhart
Mr. Taggart
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Felix Bressart
Michael Simon
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Guy D'Ennery
Lundstrom
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Byron Foulger
Edwin Hall
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Milton Parsons
'Acid' Graham
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Gene Reynolds
Jimmy Price
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Addison Richards
Mr. Johnson
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Paul Hurst
Sheriff
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George Lessey
Toastmaster
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Jay Ward
John Schofield
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Ann Gillis
Nancy Grey
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Erville Alderson
First Lecturer
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William Arnold
Minor Role
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Edward Biby
Party Guest
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Fritzi Brunette
Minor Role
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John Butler
Mechanic
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James Carlisle
Party Guest
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George Chandler
Gold Exchange Clerk
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Howard Chase
Minor Role
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James Conaty
Party Guest
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Jack Daley
Minor Role
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Edgar Dearing
Policeman
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Helen Dickson
Minor Role
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Frank Faylen
Galbreath
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Walter Fenner
Man at Banquet
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Sam Harris
Party Guest
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Edward Keane
Lecturer
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Eve Kendall
Marion Estelle Edison
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Charles Lane
Second Lecturer
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Tom Mahoney
Policeman
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Eric Mayne
Party Guest
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Hans Moebus
Party Guest
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Edmund Mortimer
Party Guest
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Alex Novinsky
Party Guest
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George Ovey
Lamplighter
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Thomas Pogue
Minor Role
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Cyril Ring
Reporter
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Count Stefenelli
Party Guest
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Harry Strang
Minor Role
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Emmett Vogan
Secretary
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Charles Waldron
First Commissioner
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Frank Whitbeck
Trailer Narrator (voice)
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Joe Whitehead
Minor Role