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