Summary
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.
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Cast
Spencer Tracy
Thomas A. Edison
Charles Coburn
General Powell
Lynne Overman
Bunt Cavatt
Rita Johnson
Mary Stilwell
Gene Lockhart
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Henry Travers
Ben Els
Felix Bressart
Michael Simon
Guy D'Ennery
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Byron Foulger
Edwin Hall
Milton Parsons
'Acid' Graham
Arthur Aylesworth
Bigelow
Gene Reynolds
Jimmy Price
Addison Richards
Mr. Johnson
Grant Mitchell
Snade
Paul Hurst
Sheriff
George Lessey
Toastmaster
Ann Gillis
Nancy Grey
Erville Alderson
First Lecturer
Hooper Atchley
Broker
Irving Bacon
Sheriff
Edward Biby
Party Guest
Billy Bletcher
Reporter
Harry C. Bradley
Preacher
Harlan Briggs
Bisbee
Fritzi Brunette
Minor Role
George Chandler
Gold Exchange Clerk
Jimmy Conlin
Waiter
Maurice Costello
Broker
Nell Craig
Woman
Edgar Dearing
Policeman
John Dilson
Broker
Donald Douglas
Jordan
Edward Earle
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Frank Faylen
Galbreath
Walter Fenner
Man at Banquet
Eddie Gribbon
Cashier
Hale Hamilton
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Edward Hearn
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Arthur Stuart Hull
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Harry Humphrey
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Edward Keane
Lecturer
Milton Kibbee
Workman
Charles Lane
Second Lecturer
Edward LeSaint
Doctor
Wilfred Lucas
Broker
Eric Mayne
Party Guest
George Meader
Minister
Harold Minjir
Blair
Forbes Murray
Broker
Louis Natheaux
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William H. O'Brien
Waiter
George Ovey
Lamplighter
Cyril Ring
Reporter
Harry Strang
Minor Role
Charles Trowbridge
Clark
Emmett Vogan
Secretary
Charles Waldron
First Commissioner
Lloyd Whitlock
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