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Edison, the Man( 1940)

TV-MAHistoryDrama
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Spencer Tracy's greatest performance!

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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Spencer Tracy

      Thomas A. Edison

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      Charles Coburn

      General Powell

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      Lynne Overman

      Bunt Cavatt

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      Rita Johnson

      Mary Stilwell

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      Gene Lockhart

      Mr. Taggart

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      Henry Travers

      Ben Els

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      Felix Bressart

      Michael Simon

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      Peter Godfrey

      Ashton

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      Guy D'Ennery

      Lundstrom

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      Byron Foulger

      Edwin Hall

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      Milton Parsons

      'Acid' Graham

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      Arthur Aylesworth

      Bigelow

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      Gene Reynolds

      Jimmy Price

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      Addison Richards

      Mr. Johnson

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      Grant Mitchell

      Snade

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      Paul Hurst

      Sheriff

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      George Lessey

      Toastmaster

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      Jay Ward

      John Schofield

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      Ann Gillis

      Nancy Grey

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      Erville Alderson

      First Lecturer

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      William Arnold

      Minor Role

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      Hooper Atchley

      Broker

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      Irving Bacon

      Sheriff

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      Arthur Belasco

      Broker

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      Edward Biby

      Party Guest

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      Billy Bletcher

      Reporter

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      Harry C. Bradley

      Preacher

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      Harlan Briggs

      Bisbee

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      Fritzi Brunette

      Minor Role

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      John Butler

      Mechanic

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      James Carlisle

      Party Guest

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      George Chandler

      Gold Exchange Clerk

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      Howard Chase

      Minor Role

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      James Conaty

      Party Guest

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      Jimmy Conlin

      Waiter

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      Nick Copeland

      Reporter

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      Maurice Costello

      Broker

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      Nell Craig

      Woman

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      Jack Daley

      Minor Role

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      Edgar Dearing

      Policeman

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      Helen Dickson

      Minor Role

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      John Dilson

      Broker

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      Donald Douglas

      Jordan

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      Edward Earle

      Broker

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      Frank Faylen

      Galbreath

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      Walter Fenner

      Man at Banquet

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      Eddie Gribbon

      Cashier

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      Hale Hamilton

      Broker

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      Sam Harris

      Party Guest

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      Edward Hearn

      Broker

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      Arthur Stuart Hull

      Broker

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      Harry Humphrey

      Broker

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      Edward Keane

      Lecturer

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      Eve Kendall

      Marion Estelle Edison

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      Milton Kibbee

      Workman

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      Charles Lane

      Second Lecturer

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      Edward LeSaint

      Doctor

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      Wilfred Lucas

      Broker

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      Tom Mahoney

      Policeman

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      Eric Mayne

      Party Guest

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      Ralph McCullough

      Reporter

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      George Meader

      Minister

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      Harold Minjir

      Blair

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      Bruce Mitchell

      Coachman

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      Hans Moebus

      Party Guest

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      Edmund Mortimer

      Party Guest

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      Forbes Murray

      Broker

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      Louis Natheaux

      Broker

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      Alex Novinsky

      Party Guest

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      William H. O'Brien

      Waiter

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      George Ovey

      Lamplighter

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      Thomas Pogue

      Minor Role

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      Alexander Pollard

      Butler

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      Cyril Ring

      Reporter

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      Count Stefenelli

      Party Guest

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      Harry Strang

      Minor Role

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      Charles Trowbridge

      Clark

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      Emmett Vogan

      Secretary

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      Charles Waldron

      First Commissioner

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      Frank Whitbeck

      Trailer Narrator (voice)

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      Joe Whitehead

      Minor Role

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      Lloyd Whitlock

      Broker

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      Robert Winkler

      Newsboy

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

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    Keywords

    • historical figure
    • light bulb