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