Edison, the Man (1940)
"Spencer Tracy's greatest performance!"

Title: Edison, the Man
Original Title: Edison, the Man
Release Date: 1940-05-10
Status: Released
Rating: 6.6/10 (from 21 votes)
Language: EN
Genres: History, Drama
Production Companies: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
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

Spencer Tracy
Thomas A. Edison

Charles Coburn
General Powell

Lynne Overman
Bunt Cavatt

Rita Johnson
Mary Stilwell

Gene Lockhart
Mr. Taggart

Henry Travers
Ben Els

Felix Bressart
Michael Simon

Peter Godfrey
Ashton

Guy D'Ennery
Lundstrom

Byron Foulger
Edwin Hall