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Edison, the Man

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1940 film by Clarence Brown

Film · TMDB

6.8

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.

Released: 1940-05-10107 minDir: Clarence BrownHistory, DramaPart of: Edison Collection

Cast

  • Spencer Tracy as Thomas A. Edison
  • Charles Coburn as General Powell
  • Lynne Overman as Bunt Cavatt
  • Rita Johnson as Mary Stilwell
  • Gene Lockhart as Mr. Taggart
  • Henry Travers as Ben Els

Themes

  • historical figure
  • light bulb

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Ratings

IMDb

7/10

1,969 votes

Year
1940
Runtime
107 min
Genres
Biography, Drama

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