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