Director: Clarence Brown
Language
English
NMTW
73%
Good
Nominated for 1 Oscar. 1 nomination total
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Spencer TracyThomas A. Edison -
Charles CoburnGeneral Powell
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Lynne OvermanBunt Cavatt
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Rita JohnsonMary Stilwell
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Gene LockhartMr. Taggart
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Henry TraversBen Els
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Felix BressartMichael Simon
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Peter GodfreyAshton
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Guy D'EnneryLundstrom
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Byron FoulgerEdwin Hall
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Milton Parsons'Acid' Graham
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Arthur AylesworthBigelow
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Gene ReynoldsJimmy Price
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Addison RichardsMr. Johnson
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Grant MitchellSnade
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| Country: | USA |
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| Length: | 1 h 47 min |
Description:
Fifty years after inventing the light bulb, an 82-year-old Thomas Edison recounts his life story, beginning with his arrival in New York at age twenty-two. He's there to promote a new invention: an early version of the stock market ticker.
| Alternative title: | Edison, the Man |
| Release year: | 1940 |
| Language: | English |
| Awards: | 🏆 Nominated for 1 Oscar. 1 nomination total |
| Director: | Clarence Brown |
| Type: | Movie |
| Sub-genres: | historical figure light bulb |
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