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