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