Edison, the Man

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.

Genre : HistoryDrama

Runtime : 107 mins

Release Date : 1940-05-10

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Cast

Spencer Tracy
Spencer Tracy

(Thomas A. Edison)

Charles Coburn
Charles Coburn

(General Powell)

Lynne Overman
Lynne Overman

(Bunt Cavatt)

Rita Johnson
Rita Johnson

(Mary Stilwell)

Gene Lockhart
Gene Lockhart

(Mr. Taggart)

Henry Travers
Henry Travers

(Ben Els)

Felix Bressart
Felix Bressart

(Michael Simon)

Peter Godfrey
Peter Godfrey

(Ashton)

Guy D'Ennery
Guy D'Ennery

(Lundstrom)

Byron Foulger
Byron Foulger

(Edwin Hall)

Milton Parsons
Milton Parsons

('Acid' Graham)

Arthur Aylesworth
Arthur Aylesworth

(Bigelow)

Gene Reynolds
Gene Reynolds

(Jimmy Price)

Addison Richards
Addison Richards

(Mr. Johnson)

Grant Mitchell
Grant Mitchell

(Snade)

Paul Hurst
Paul Hurst

(Sheriff)

George Lessey
George Lessey

(Toastmaster)

Jay Ward

(John Schofield)

Ann Gillis
Ann Gillis

(Nancy Grey)

Erville Alderson
Erville Alderson

(First Lecturer)

William Arnold

(Minor Role)

Hooper Atchley
Hooper Atchley

(Broker)

Irving Bacon
Irving Bacon

(Sheriff)

Arthur Belasco

(Broker)

Edward Biby

(Party Guest)

Billy Bletcher
Billy Bletcher

(Reporter)

Harry C. Bradley
Harry C. Bradley

(Preacher)

Harlan Briggs
Harlan Briggs

(Bisbee)

Fritzi Brunette
Fritzi Brunette

(Minor Role)

John Butler

(Mechanic)

James Carlisle

(Party Guest)

George Chandler
George Chandler

(Gold Exchange Clerk)

Howard Chase

(Minor Role)

James Conaty

(Party Guest)

Jimmy Conlin
Jimmy Conlin

(Waiter)

Nick Copeland

(Reporter)

Maurice Costello
Maurice Costello

(Broker)

Nell Craig
Nell Craig

(Woman)

Jack Daley

(Minor Role)

Edgar Dearing
Edgar Dearing

(Policeman)

Helen Dickson

(Minor Role)

John Dilson
John Dilson

(Broker)

Donald Douglas
Donald Douglas

(Jordan)

Edward Earle
Edward Earle

(Broker)

Frank Faylen
Frank Faylen

(Galbreath)

Walter Fenner
Walter Fenner

(Man at Banquet)

Eddie Gribbon
Eddie Gribbon

(Cashier)

Hale Hamilton
Hale Hamilton

(Broker)

Sam Harris

(Party Guest)

Edward Hearn
Edward Hearn

(Broker)

Arthur Stuart Hull
Arthur Stuart Hull

(Broker)

Harry Humphrey
Harry Humphrey

(Broker)

Edward Keane
Edward Keane

(Lecturer)

Eve Kendall

(Marion Estelle Edison)

Milton Kibbee
Milton Kibbee

(Workman)

Charles Lane
Charles Lane

(Second Lecturer)

Edward LeSaint
Edward LeSaint

(Doctor)

Wilfred Lucas
Wilfred Lucas

(Broker)

Tom Mahoney

(Policeman)

Eric Mayne
Eric Mayne

(Party Guest)

Ralph McCullough

(Reporter)

George Meader
George Meader

(Minister)

Harold Minjir
Harold Minjir

(Blair)

Bruce Mitchell

(Coachman)

Hans Moebus

(Party Guest)

Edmund Mortimer

(Party Guest)

Forbes Murray
Forbes Murray

(Broker)

Louis Natheaux
Louis Natheaux

(Broker)

Alex Novinsky

(Party Guest)

William H. O'Brien
William H. O'Brien

(Waiter)

George Ovey
George Ovey

(Lamplighter)

Thomas Pogue

(Minor Role)

Alexander Pollard

(Butler)

Cyril Ring
Cyril Ring

(Reporter)

Count Stefenelli

(Party Guest)

Harry Strang
Harry Strang

(Minor Role)

Charles Trowbridge
Charles Trowbridge

(Clark)

Emmett Vogan
Emmett Vogan

(Secretary)

Charles Waldron
Charles Waldron

(First Commissioner)

Frank Whitbeck

(Trailer Narrator (voice))

Joe Whitehead

(Minor Role)

Lloyd Whitlock
Lloyd Whitlock

(Broker)

Robert Winkler

(Newsboy)

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