Edison, the Man

Spencer Tracy's greatest performance!

19401h 47mNo ratings yet

Drama
History

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.

Keywords

historical figure
light bulb

Details

Status: Released
Release date: May 10, 1940
Original language: English
Spoken languages: English
Countries: United States of America
Production: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Cast: George Meader,Frank Whitbeck,Eddie Gribbon,Arthur Aylesworth,Fritzi Brunette,George Ovey,Jay Ward,Count Stefenelli,William Arnold,Eric Mayneand 73 more
Director: Clarence Brown
Writer: Talbot Jennings,Dore Schary,Bradbury Foote,Hugo Butler
Budget: Not recorded
Revenue: Not recorded
IMDb: tt0032432