Young Tom Edison

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

Dore Schary Screenplay Cedric Gibbons Art Direction Norman Taurog Director