Edison, the Man
10/05/1940
2h

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.
Cast


Spencer Tracy
Thomas A. Edison


Charles Coburn
General Powell


Lynne Overman
Bunt Cavatt


Rita Johnson
Mary Stilwell


Gene Lockhart
Mr. Taggart


Henry Travers
Ben Els


Felix Bressart
Michael Simon


Peter Godfrey
Ashton


Guy D'Ennery
Lundstrom


Byron Foulger
Edwin Hall


Milton Parsons
'Acid' Graham


Arthur Aylesworth
Bigelow


Gene Reynolds
Jimmy Price


Addison Richards
Mr. Johnson


Grant Mitchell
Snade


Paul Hurst
Sheriff


George Lessey
Toastmaster
Jay Ward
John Schofield


Ann Gillis
Nancy Grey


Erville Alderson
First Lecturer
William Arnold
Minor Role


Hooper Atchley
Broker


Irving Bacon
Sheriff
Arthur Belasco
Broker
Edward Biby
Party Guest


Billy Bletcher
Reporter


Harry C. Bradley
Preacher


Harlan Briggs
Bisbee


Fritzi Brunette
Minor Role
John Butler
Mechanic
James Carlisle
Party Guest


George Chandler
Gold Exchange Clerk
Howard Chase
Minor Role
James Conaty
Party Guest


Jimmy Conlin
Waiter
Nick Copeland
Reporter


Maurice Costello
Broker


Nell Craig
Woman
Jack Daley
Minor Role


Edgar Dearing
Policeman
Helen Dickson
Minor Role


John Dilson
Broker


Donald Douglas
Jordan


Edward Earle
Broker


Frank Faylen
Galbreath


Walter Fenner
Man at Banquet


Eddie Gribbon
Cashier


Hale Hamilton
Broker
Sam Harris
Party Guest


Edward Hearn
Broker


Arthur Stuart Hull
Broker


Harry Humphrey
Broker


Edward Keane
Lecturer
Eve Kendall
Marion Estelle Edison


Milton Kibbee
Workman


Charles Lane
Second Lecturer


Edward LeSaint
Doctor


Wilfred Lucas
Broker
Tom Mahoney
Policeman


Eric Mayne
Party Guest
Ralph McCullough
Reporter


George Meader
Minister


Harold Minjir
Blair
Bruce Mitchell
Coachman
Hans Moebus
Party Guest
Edmund Mortimer
Party Guest


Forbes Murray
Broker


Louis Natheaux
Broker
Alex Novinsky
Party Guest


William H. O'Brien
Waiter


George Ovey
Lamplighter
Thomas Pogue
Minor Role
Alexander Pollard
Butler


Cyril Ring
Reporter
Count Stefenelli
Party Guest


Harry Strang
Minor Role


Charles Trowbridge
Clark


Emmett Vogan
Secretary


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


Lloyd Whitlock
Broker
Robert Winkler
Newsboy
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