History Drama
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.
Directed by
Clarence Brown
Charles Lane
Second Lecturer
Charles Coburn
General Powell
Gene Lockhart
Mr. Taggart
Harry C. Bradley
Preacher
Frank Faylen
Galbreath
Milton Parsons
'Acid' Graham
Spencer Tracy
Thomas A. Edison
Irving Bacon
Sheriff
Edgar Dearing
Policeman
George Chandler
Gold Exchange Clerk
Addison Richards
Mr. Johnson
Byron Foulger
Edwin Hall
Billy Bletcher
Reporter
Donald Douglas
Jordan
Grant Mitchell
Snade
Gene Reynolds
Jimmy Price
Hale Hamilton
Broker
Edward Earle
Broker
Charles Trowbridge
Clark
Wilfred Lucas
Broker
Henry Travers
Ben Els
Milton Kibbee
Workman
Jimmy Conlin
Waiter
Charles Waldron
First Commissioner
Rita Johnson
Mary Stilwell
Edward LeSaint
Doctor
Arthur Aylesworth
Bigelow
Felix Bressart
Michael Simon
Paul Hurst
Sheriff
Ann Gillis
Nancy Grey
Erville Alderson
First Lecturer
Harlan Briggs
Bisbee
William H. O'Brien
Waiter
Lynne Overman
Bunt Cavatt
Edward Keane
Lecturer
Emmett Vogan
Secretary
Harry Strang
Minor Role
John Dilson
Broker
Edward Hearn
Broker
Nell Craig
Woman
Forbes Murray
Broker
Eric Mayne
Party Guest
Eddie Gribbon
Cashier
Maurice Costello
Broker
George Ovey
Lamplighter
Hooper Atchley
Broker
Cyril Ring
Reporter
Louis Natheaux
Broker
George Lessey
Toastmaster
Fritzi Brunette
Minor Role
George Meader
Minister
Arthur Stuart Hull
Broker
Walter Fenner
Man at Banquet
Lloyd Whitlock
Broker
Guy D'Ennery
Lundstrom
Harry Humphrey
Broker
Harold Minjir
Blair
Jay Ward
John Schofield
William Arnold
Minor Role
Arthur Belasco
Broker
Edward Biby
Party Guest
John Butler
Mechanic
James Carlisle
Party Guest
Howard Chase
Minor Role
James Conaty
Party Guest
Nick Copeland
Reporter
Jack Daley
Minor Role
Helen Dickson
Minor Role
Sam Harris
Party Guest
Eve Kendall
Marion Estelle Edison
Tom Mahoney
Policeman
Ralph McCullough
Reporter
Bruce Mitchell
Coachman
Hans Moebus
Party Guest
Edmund Mortimer
Party Guest
Alex Novinsky
Party Guest
Thomas Pogue
Minor Role
Alexander Pollard
Butler
Count Stefenelli
Party Guest
Frank Whitbeck
Trailer Narrator (voice)
Joe Whitehead
Minor Role
Robert Winkler
Newsboy

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