Edison, the Man
(1940)
History, Drama
107min
66%
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. ...
Spencer Tracy
Acting
Charles Coburn
Acting
Lynne Overman
Acting
Thomas A. Edison
Spencer Tracy
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General Powell
Charles Coburn
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Bunt Cavatt
Lynne Overman
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Mary Stilwell
Rita Johnson
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Mr. Taggart
Gene Lockhart
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Ben Els
Henry Travers
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Michael Simon
Felix Bressart
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Ashton
Peter Godfrey
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Lundstrom
Guy D'Ennery
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Edwin Hall
Byron Foulger
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'Acid' Graham
Milton Parsons
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Bigelow
Arthur Aylesworth
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Jimmy Price
Gene Reynolds
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Mr. Johnson
Addison Richards
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Snade
Grant Mitchell
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Sheriff
Paul Hurst
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Toastmaster
George Lessey
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John Schofield
Jay Ward
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Nancy Grey
Ann Gillis
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First Lecturer
Erville Alderson
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Minor Role
William Arnold
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Broker
Hooper Atchley
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Sheriff
Irving Bacon
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Broker
Arthur Belasco
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Edward Biby
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Reporter
Billy Bletcher
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Preacher
Harry C. Bradley
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Bisbee
Harlan Briggs
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Minor Role
Fritzi Brunette
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Mechanic
John Butler
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Party Guest
James Carlisle
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Gold Exchange Clerk
George Chandler
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Howard Chase
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James Conaty
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Broker
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Woman
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Minor Role
Jack Daley
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Policeman
Edgar Dearing
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Minor Role
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Jordan
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Broker
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Galbreath
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Harry Humphrey
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Lecturer
Edward Keane
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Marion Estelle Edison
Eve Kendall
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Workman
Milton Kibbee
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Second Lecturer
Charles Lane
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Doctor
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Eric Mayne
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Ralph McCullough
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Minister
George Meader
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Blair
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Coachman
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Hans Moebus
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Edmund Mortimer
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Forbes Murray
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Broker
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Alex Novinsky
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Waiter
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Lamplighter
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Butler
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Count Stefenelli
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Clark
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Secretary
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First Commissioner
Charles Waldron
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Trailer Narrator (voice)
Frank Whitbeck
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Minor Role
Joe Whitehead
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Broker
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Newsboy
Robert Winkler
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