Edison, the Man
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6.8In 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.
Released: 1940-05-10107 minDir: Clarence BrownHistory, Drama
Cast
- Spencer Tracy as Thomas A. Edison
- Charles Coburn as General Powell
- Lynne Overman as Bunt Cavatt
- Rita Johnson as Mary Stilwell
- Gene Lockhart as Mr. Taggart
- Henry Travers as Ben Els
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Key dates
- Published
- 1 January 1940
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- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Clarence Brown
- Screenwriter
- Dore Schary
- Cast member
- Byron Foulger
- Composer
- Herbert Stothart
- Producer
- John W. Considine Jr.
- Production company
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
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Categories
1940 American films1940 English-language films1940 films1940s biographical films1940s historical filmsAmerican biographical filmsAmerican black-and-white filmsAmerican historical filmsAmerican sequel filmsBiographical films about scientistsCultural depictions of Thomas EdisonEnglish-language biographical films