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Edison, the Man [43811]
Released: 1940-05-10
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0
Profit: $0
Runtime: 107 mins
Popularity: 0.7608
Vote Average: 6.6
Vote Count: 22
Overview: 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.

Cast [83]

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 — Jay Ward
John Schofield

Ann Gillis — Ann Gillis
Nancy Grey

Erville Alderson — Erville Alderson
First Lecturer

William Arnold — William Arnold
Minor Role

Hooper Atchley — Hooper Atchley
Broker

Irving Bacon — Irving Bacon
Sheriff

Arthur Belasco — Arthur Belasco
Broker

Edward Biby — 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 — John Butler
Mechanic

James Carlisle — James Carlisle
Party Guest

George Chandler — George Chandler
Gold Exchange Clerk

Howard Chase — Howard Chase
Minor Role

James Conaty — James Conaty
Party Guest

Jimmy Conlin — Jimmy Conlin
Waiter

Nick Copeland — Nick Copeland
Reporter

Maurice Costello — Maurice Costello
Broker

Nell Craig — Nell Craig
Woman

Jack Daley — Jack Daley
Minor Role

Edgar Dearing — Edgar Dearing
Policeman

Helen Dickson — 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 — 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 — Eve Kendall
Marion Estelle Ediso

Milton Kibbee — Milton Kibbee
Workman

Charles Lane — Charles Lane
Second Lecturer

Edward LeSaint — Edward LeSaint
Doctor

Wilfred Lucas — Wilfred Lucas
Broker

Tom Mahoney — Tom Mahoney
Policeman

Eric Mayne — Eric Mayne
Party Guest

Ralph McCullough — Ralph McCullough
Reporter

George Meader — George Meader
Minister

Harold Minjir — Harold Minjir
Blair

Bruce Mitchell — Bruce Mitchell
Coachman

Hans Moebus — Hans Moebus
Party Guest

Edmund Mortimer — Edmund Mortimer
Party Guest

Forbes Murray — Forbes Murray
Broker

Louis Natheaux — Louis Natheaux
Broker

Alex Novinsky — Alex Novinsky
Party Guest

William H. O'Brien — William H. O'Brien
Waiter

George Ovey — George Ovey
Lamplighter

Thomas Pogue — Thomas Pogue
Minor Role

Alexander Pollard — Alexander Pollard
Butler

Cyril Ring — Cyril Ring
Reporter

Count Stefenelli — 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 — Frank Whitbeck
Trailer Narrator

Joe Whitehead — Joe Whitehead
Minor Role

Lloyd Whitlock — Lloyd Whitlock
Broker

Robert Winkler — Robert Winkler
Newsboy

Trailers

Edison the Man - Trailer