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Edison, the Man

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Calorie Rating: 150
Released: 1940-05-10
MPAA Rating: NR
Running Time: 107 Minutes
Studios: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer,


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.

Director / Directors



Cast

Spencer Tracy
Character: Thomas A. Edison
Charles Coburn
Character: General Powell
Lynne Overman
Character: Bunt Cavatt

Rita Johnson
Character: Mary Stilwell
Gene Lockhart
Character: Mr. Taggart
Henry Travers
Character: Ben Els

Felix Bressart
Character: Michael Simon
Peter Godfrey
Character: Ashton
Guy D'Ennery
Character: Lundstrom

Byron Foulger
Character: Edwin Hall
Milton Parsons
Character: 'Acid' Graham
Arthur Aylesworth
Character: Bigelow

Gene Reynolds
Character: Jimmy Price
Addison Richards
Character: Mr. Johnson
Grant Mitchell
Character: Snade

Paul Hurst
Character: Sheriff
George Lessey
Character: Toastmaster
Jay Ward
Character: John Schofield

Ann Gillis
Character: Nancy Grey
Erville Alderson
Character: First Lecturer
William Arnold
Character: Minor Role

Hooper Atchley
Character: Broker
Irving Bacon
Character: Sheriff
Arthur Belasco
Character: Broker

Edward Biby
Character: Party Guest
Billy Bletcher
Character: Reporter
Harry C. Bradley
Character: Preacher

Harlan Briggs
Character: Bisbee
Fritzi Brunette
Character: Minor Role
John Butler
Character: Mechanic

James Carlisle
Character: Party Guest
George Chandler
Character: Gold Exchange Clerk
Howard Chase
Character: Minor Role

James Conaty
Character: Party Guest
Jimmy Conlin
Character: Waiter
Nick Copeland
Character: Reporter

Maurice Costello
Character: Broker
Nell Craig
Character: Woman
Jack Daley
Character: Minor Role

Edgar Dearing
Character: Policeman
Helen Dickson
Character: Minor Role
John Dilson
Character: Broker

Donald Douglas
Character: Jordan
Edward Earle
Character: Broker
Frank Faylen
Character: Galbreath

Walter Fenner
Character: Man at Banquet
Eddie Gribbon
Character: Cashier
Hale Hamilton
Character: Broker

Sam Harris
Character: Party Guest
Edward Hearn
Character: Broker
Arthur Stuart Hull
Character: Broker

Harry Humphrey
Character: Broker
Edward Keane
Character: Lecturer
Eve Kendall
Character: Marion Estelle Edison

Milton Kibbee
Character: Workman
Charles Lane
Character: Second Lecturer
Edward LeSaint
Character: Doctor

Wilfred Lucas
Character: Broker
Tom Mahoney
Character: Policeman
Eric Mayne
Character: Party Guest

Ralph McCullough
Character: Reporter
George Meader
Character: Minister
Harold Minjir
Character: Blair

Bruce Mitchell
Character: Coachman
Hans Moebus
Character: Party Guest
Edmund Mortimer
Character: Party Guest

Forbes Murray
Character: Broker
Louis Natheaux
Character: Broker
Alex Novinsky
Character: Party Guest

William H. O'Brien
Character: Waiter
George Ovey
Character: Lamplighter
Thomas Pogue
Character: Minor Role

Alexander Pollard
Character: Butler
Cyril Ring
Character: Reporter
Count Stefenelli
Character: Party Guest

Harry Strang
Character: Minor Role
Charles Trowbridge
Character: Clark
Emmett Vogan
Character: Secretary

Charles Waldron
Character: First Commissioner
Frank Whitbeck
Character: Trailer Narrator (voice)
Joe Whitehead
Character: Minor Role

Lloyd Whitlock
Character: Broker
Robert Winkler
Character: Newsboy


Production and Crew

Hugo Butler
Original Story
Dore Schary
Original Story

Bradbury Foote
Screenplay