Young Tom Edison

Sherwood Bailey as Red, Joe's Friend Wade Boteler as Si Weaver Milton Kibbee as Baggage Man Mitchell Lewis as McGuire - Train Engineer Eugene Pallette as Mr. Nelson John Kellogg as Bill Edison Ernie Adams as Passenger Buying Maple Sugar John Ince as Man at Station Claire McDowell as Woman at Station Al Thompson as Man at Station Eily Malyon as Miss Lavina Howard, School Teacher Jessie Arnold as Woman at Station Sammy Blum as Train Passenger Stanley Blystone as Army Officer on Train Eddy Chandler as Mr. Briggs Mickey Rooney as Thomas Alva 'Tom' Edison Virginia Weidler as Tannie Edison Budd Fine as Train Passenger Emory Parnell as Bob Lee Phelps as Train Engineer Miller Harry Strang as Army Officer George Bancroft as Samuel 'Sam' Edison Harry Shannon as Army Captain Brackett Olin Howland as Telegrapher (Indian Attack) Mickey Rentschler as Johnny, Joe's Friend Buster Slaven as Boy at Tree Forrest Taylor as Train Passenger J.M. Kerrigan as Mr. McCarney Bobby Jordan as Joe 'Joey' Dingle Philip Hurlic as Black Boy at Tree Frances Morris as Woman at Station Clem Bevans as Mr. Waddell Victor Potel as Mr. Tompkins Spencer Tracy as Man Admiring Portrait of Thomas A. Edison Fay Bainter as Mrs. Samuel 'Nancy' Edison Lloyd Corrigan as Dr. Pender Fern Emmett as Mrs. McCarney Mitchell Ingraham as Man at Station George Magrill as Train Passenger Marvin Stephens as Frank Allen Victor Kilian as Mr. Dingle

Cedric Gibbons Art Direction Dore Schary Screenplay Norman Taurog Director