Young Tom Edison

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

Cedric Gibbons Art Direction Dore Schary Screenplay Norman Taurog Director