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Edison, the Man
1940, May 10
1h 47m
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
Spencer Tracy
Thomas A. Edison
Charles Lane
Second Lecturer
Charles Coburn
General Powell
Irving Bacon
Sheriff
Gene Lockhart
Mr. Taggart
Gene Reynolds
Jimmy Price
Paul Hurst
Sheriff
Rita Johnson
Mary Stilwell
Forbes Murray
Broker
Addison Richards
Mr. Johnson
Charles Trowbridge
Clark
Frank Faylen
Galbreath
Felix Bressart
Michael Simon
George Chandler
Gold Exchange Clerk
Henry Travers
Ben Els
Byron Foulger
Edwin Hall
Grant Mitchell
Snade
Billy Bletcher
Reporter
Cyril Ring
Reporter
Wilfred Lucas
Broker
George Lessey
Toastmaster
Harry C. Bradley
Preacher
Milton Kibbee
Workman
Edward LeSaint
Doctor
Hale Hamilton
Broker
Donald Douglas
Jordan
William H. O'Brien
Waiter
Edward Earle
Broker
Harry Strang
Minor Role
Eddie Gribbon
Cashier
Edgar Dearing
Policeman
Hooper Atchley
Broker
John Dilson
Broker
Lynne Overman
Bunt Cavatt
Emmett Vogan
Secretary
Ann Gillis
Nancy Grey
Jimmy Conlin
Waiter
Lloyd Whitlock
Broker
Erville Alderson
First Lecturer
Milton Parsons
'Acid' Graham
Arthur Aylesworth
Bigelow
Nell Craig
Woman
Arthur Stuart Hull
Broker
Edward Keane
Lecturer
George Meader
Minister
Fritzi Brunette
Minor Role
Guy D'Ennery
Lundstrom
Louis Natheaux
Broker
Maurice Costello
Broker
Eric Mayne
Party Guest
Walter Fenner
Man at Banquet
Harold Minjir
Blair
Edward Hearn
Broker
Harlan Briggs
Bisbee
George Ovey
Lamplighter
Harry Humphrey
Broker
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
Charles Waldron
First Commissioner
Frank Whitbeck
Trailer Narrator (voice)
Joe Whitehead
Minor Role
Robert Winkler
Newsboy
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