Edison, the Man

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

Clarence Brown Director Dore Schary Original Story Herbert Stothart Music