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Young Tom Edison

56 %|Mar 15, 1940|Drama

Inventor Thomas Edison's boyhood is chronicled and shows him as a lad whose early inventions and scientific experiments usually end up causing disastrous results. As a result, the towns folk all think Tom is crazy, and creating a strained relationship between Tom and his father. Tom's only solace is his understanding mother who believes he's headed to do great things.

Featured Crew

Bradbury Foote
Screenplay
Hugo Butler
Screenplay
Dore Schary
Screenplay
Norman Taurog
Director
Sidney Wagner
Director of Photography
Cedric Gibbons
Art Direction
John W. Considine Jr.
Producer
Elmo Veron
Editor

Cast

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Mickey Rooney
Thomas Alva 'Tom' Edison
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George Bancroft
Samuel 'Sam' Edison
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Fay Bainter
Mrs. Samuel 'Nancy' Edison
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Virginia Weidler
Tannie Edison
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Eugene Pallette
Mr. Nelson
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Victor Kilian
Mr. Dingle
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Bobby Jordan
Joe 'Joey' Dingle
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Lloyd Corrigan
Dr. Pender
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John Kellogg
Bill Edison
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Clem Bevans
Mr. Waddell
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Eily Malyon
Miss Lavina Howard, School Teacher
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Harry Shannon
Army Captain Brackett
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Ernie Adams
Passenger Buying Maple Sugar
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Maude Allen
Woman Fainting at Downed Bridge
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Jessie Arnold
Woman at Station
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Polly Bailey
Woman at Station
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Sherwood Bailey
Red, Joe's Friend
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Jack Baxley
Man at Dingle's Store
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John Beck
Bartender
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Arthur Belasco
Telegrapher
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Sammy Blum
Train Passenger
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Stanley Blystone
Army Officer on Train
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Wade Boteler
Si Weaver
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Eddy Chandler
Mr. Briggs
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Jack Daley
Man at Station
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Leigh De Lacey
Train Passenger
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John Webb Dillion
Man at Station
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Fern Emmett
Mrs. McCarney
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Budd Fine
Train Passenger
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Olin Howland
Telegrapher (Indian Attack)
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Philip Hurlic
Black Boy at Tree
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John Ince
Man at Station
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Mitchell Ingraham
Man at Station
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Milton Kibbee
Baggage Man
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Del Lawrence
Train Passenger
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Mitchell Lewis
McGuire - Train Engineer
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George Magrill
Train Passenger
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Wally Maher
Man at Station
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Claire McDowell
Woman at Station
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Frances Morris
Woman at Station
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Lee Phelps
Train Engineer Miller
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Victor Potel
Mr. Tompkins
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Mickey Rentschler
Johnny, Joe's Friend
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Marion Sheldon
Train Passenger
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Buster Slaven
Boy at Tree
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Marvin Stephens
Frank Allen
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Harry Strang
Army Officer
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Forrest Taylor
Train Passenger
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Spencer Tracy
Man Admiring Portrait of Thomas A. Edison
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Frank Whitbeck
Narrator (voice)
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Joe Whitehead
Mr. Hodge
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Al Thompson
Man at Station
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J.M. Kerrigan
Mr. McCarney