Edison, the Man
# Spencer Tracy's greatest performance!
π 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.
π Languages Available:
English
π Date Released:
1940-05-10
β Running Time:
107 mins
β Vote Average:
6.8
Beloved Cast
Thomas A. Edison
Spencer Tracy
General Powell
Charles Coburn
Bunt Cavatt
Lynne Overman
Mary Stilwell
Rita Johnson
Mr. Taggart
Gene Lockhart
Ben Els
Henry Travers
Michael Simon
Felix Bressart
Ashton
Peter Godfrey
Lundstrom
Guy D'Ennery
Edwin Hall
Byron Foulger
'Acid' Graham
Milton Parsons
Bigelow
Arthur Aylesworth
Jimmy Price
Gene Reynolds
Mr. Johnson
Addison Richards
Snade
Grant Mitchell
Sheriff
Paul Hurst
Toastmaster
George Lessey
John Schofield
Jay Ward
Nancy Grey
Ann Gillis
First Lecturer
Erville Alderson
Minor Role
William Arnold
Broker
Hooper Atchley
Sheriff
Irving Bacon
Broker
Arthur Belasco
Party Guest
Edward Biby
Reporter
Billy Bletcher
Preacher
Harry C. Bradley
Bisbee
Harlan Briggs
Minor Role
Fritzi Brunette
Mechanic
John Butler
Party Guest
James Carlisle
Gold Exchange Clerk
George Chandler
Minor Role
Howard Chase
Party Guest
James Conaty
Waiter
Jimmy Conlin
Reporter
Nick Copeland
Broker
Maurice Costello
Woman
Nell Craig
Minor Role
Jack Daley
Policeman
Edgar Dearing
Minor Role
Helen Dickson
Broker
John Dilson
Jordan
Donald Douglas
Broker
Edward Earle
Galbreath
Frank Faylen
Man at Banquet
Walter Fenner
Cashier
Eddie Gribbon
Broker
Hale Hamilton
Party Guest
Sam Harris
Broker
Edward Hearn
Broker
Arthur Stuart Hull
Broker
Harry Humphrey
Lecturer
Edward Keane
Marion Estelle Edison
Eve Kendall
Workman
Milton Kibbee
Second Lecturer
Charles Lane
Doctor
Edward LeSaint
Broker
Wilfred Lucas
Policeman
Tom Mahoney
Party Guest
Eric Mayne
Reporter
Ralph McCullough
Minister
George Meader
Blair
Harold Minjir
Coachman
Bruce Mitchell
Party Guest
Hans Moebus
Party Guest
Edmund Mortimer
Broker
Forbes Murray
Broker
Louis Natheaux
Party Guest
Alex Novinsky
Waiter
William H. O'Brien
Lamplighter
George Ovey
Minor Role
Thomas Pogue
Butler
Alexander Pollard
Reporter
Cyril Ring
Party Guest
Count Stefenelli
Minor Role
Harry Strang
Clark
Charles Trowbridge
Secretary
Emmett Vogan
First Commissioner
Charles Waldron
Trailer Narrator (voice)
Frank Whitbeck
Minor Role
Joe Whitehead
Broker
Lloyd Whitlock
Newsboy
Robert Winkler
