Edison, the Man
Edison, the Man
Release: 1940-05-10
·Runtime: 107m
·★ 6.8
History
Drama
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.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Hooper Atchley
as Broker
Harry Strang
as Minor Role
Addison Richards
as Mr. Johnson
Eric Mayne
as Party Guest
John Dilson
as Broker
Eddie Gribbon
as Cashier
Felix Bressart
as Michael Simon
Jimmy Conlin
as Waiter
Charles Lane
as Second Lecturer
Charles Trowbridge
as Clark
Spencer Tracy
as Thomas A. Edison
Fritzi Brunette
as Minor Role
George Ovey
as Lamplighter
Peter Godfrey
as Ashton
Erville Alderson
as First Lecturer
Billy Bletcher
as Reporter
Arthur Stuart Hull
as Broker
Ann Gillis
as Nancy Grey
Harlan Briggs
as Bisbee
George Lessey
as Toastmaster
Nell Craig
as Woman
Edward Hearn
as Broker
Harold Minjir
as Blair
Arthur Aylesworth
as Bigelow
Edward Earle
as Broker
Lloyd Whitlock
as Broker
Irving Bacon
as Sheriff
Harry C. Bradley
as Preacher
William H. O'Brien
as Waiter
Emmett Vogan
as Secretary
Gene Reynolds
as Jimmy Price
Grant Mitchell
as Snade
Harry Humphrey
as Broker
Charles Coburn
as General Powell
Gene Lockhart
as Mr. Taggart
Byron Foulger
as Edwin Hall
Paul Hurst
as Sheriff
George Chandler
as Gold Exchange Clerk
Maurice Costello
as Broker
Edgar Dearing
as Policeman
Donald Douglas
as Jordan
Frank Faylen
as Galbreath
Edward Keane
as Lecturer
Edward LeSaint
as Doctor
George Meader
as Minister
Louis Natheaux
as Broker
Charles Waldron
as First Commissioner
Lynne Overman
as Bunt Cavatt
Rita Johnson
as Mary Stilwell
Henry Travers
as Ben Els
Hale Hamilton
as Broker
Cyril Ring
as Reporter
Walter Fenner
as Man at Banquet
Milton Kibbee
as Workman
Wilfred Lucas
as Broker
Forbes Murray
as Broker
Guy D'Ennery
as Lundstrom
Milton Parsons
as 'Acid' Graham
