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Edison, the Man (1940)
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"Spencer Tracy's greatest performance!"
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1 hr 47 min
May 10th, 1940
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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.
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Spencer Tracy
Charles Coburn
Lynne Overman
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Clarence Brown
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Spencer Tracy
as Thomas A. Edison
C
Charles Coburn
as General Powell
L
Lynne Overman
as Bunt Cavatt
R
Rita Johnson
as Mary Stilwell
G
Gene Lockhart
as Mr. Taggart
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Henry Travers
as Ben Els
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Clarence Brown
Director
T
Talbot Jennings
Screenplay
B
Bradbury Foote
Screenplay
D
Dore Schary
Original Story
H
Hugo Butler
Original Story
H
Herbert Stothart
Music
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Theatrical Release:
May 10th, 1940
Original Language:
English
Production Companies:
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Movie Tags:
historical figure
light bulb
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