Edison, the Man

Release Date:

May 10, 1940

Running Time:

1:47

Genre:

Biography

Director:

Clarence Brown

Cast:

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

Language:

English

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Thomas Edison is an enterprising young inventor hungry for achievement. After he sells a version of the stock market ticker that he has perfected, Edison uses the money to open an ''invention factory,'' where he works on projects like the phonograph. When one of his friends boasts that Edison has invented an electric light before any such object exists, Edison must use all of his skill to complete the task, relying on innovation and trial and error.

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