| Release Date: | May 1940 |
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| Genres: | Biography / Drama |
| Awards: | Nominated for Oscar. |
| Runtime: | 107 min |
| Cast: | Spencer Tracy (Thomas A. Edison), Rita Johnson (Mary Stillwell) Lynne Overman (James J. Cavatt) Charles Coburn (General Powell) Gene Lockhart (Mr. Taggart) Henry Travers (Ben Els) Felix Bressart (Michael Simon) Peter Godfrey (Bob Ashton) Guy D'Ennery (Lundstrom) Byron Foulger (Edwin Hall) Milton Parsons (Acid Graham) Arthur Aylesworth (Jack Bigelow) Gene Reynolds (Jimmy Price) Addison Richards (Johnson) Grant Mitchell (Shade) Paul Hurst (Sheriff) George Lessey (Toastmaster) Jay Ward (John Schofield) Ann Gillis (Nancy Gray) Erville Alderson (First Lecturer (uncredited)) William Arnold (Minor Role (uncredited)) Hooper Atchley (Broker (uncredited)) Irving Bacon (Sheriff (uncredited)) Arthur Belasco (Broker (uncredited)) Billy Bletcher (Reporter (uncredited)) Harry C. Bradley (Preacher (uncredited)) Harlan Briggs (Bisbee (uncredited)) Fritzi Brunette (Minor Role (uncredited)) John Butler (Mechanic (uncredited)) George Chandler (Gold Exchange Clerk (uncredited)) Howard Chase (Minor Role (uncredited)) Jimmy Conlin (Waiter (uncredited)) Nick Copeland (Reporter (uncredited)) Maurice Costello (Broker (uncredited)) Nell Craig (Woman (uncredited)) Jack Daley (Minor Role (uncredited)) Edgar Dearing (Policeman (uncredited)) Helen Dickson (Minor Role (uncredited)) John Dilson (Broker (uncredited)) Donald Douglas (Jordan (uncredited)) Edward Earle (Broker (uncredited)) Frank Faylen (Galbreath (uncredited)) Walter Fenner (Man at Banquet (uncredited)) Eddie Gribbon (Cashier (uncredited)) Hale Hamilton (Broker (uncredited)) Edward Hearn (Broker (uncredited)) Arthur Stuart Hull (Broker (uncredited)) Harry Humphrey (Broker (uncredited)) Edward Keane (Lecturer (uncredited)) Eve Kendall (Marion Estelle Edison (uncredited)) Milton Kibbee (Workman (uncredited)) Charles Lane (Second Lecturer (uncredited)) Edward LeSaint (Doctor (uncredited)) Wilfred Lucas (Broker (uncredited)) Tom Mahoney (Policeman (uncredited)) Ralph McCullough (Reporter (uncredited)) George Meader (Minister (uncredited)) Harold Minjir (Blair (uncredited)) Bruce Mitchell (Coachman (uncredited)) Forbes Murray (Broker (uncredited)) Louis Natheaux (Broker (uncredited)) George Ovey (Lamplighter (uncredited)) Thomas Pogue (Minor Role (uncredited)) Alexander Pollard (Butler (uncredited)) Cyril Ring (Reporter (uncredited)) Harry Strang (Minor Role (uncredited)) Jackie Taylor (Minor ROle (uncredited)) Charles Trowbridge (Clark (uncredited)) Emmett Vogan (Secretary (uncredited)) Charles Waldron (First Commissioner (uncredited)) Joe Whitehead (Minor Role (uncredited)) Lloyd Whitlock (Broker (uncredited)) Robert Winkler (Newsboy (uncredited)) |
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 invention of an early form of stock market ticker.
