Young Tom Edison

Name: Young Tom Edison
Genre: Drama
Released: 1940-03-15
Rating: 3.3112
Cast: Mickey Rooney, George Bancroft, Fay Bainter, Virginia Weidler, Eugene Pallette

This is a story of triumph.. the triumph of an American boy, who had courage, imagination and faith.

Summary

Inventor Thomas Edison's boyhood is chronicled and shows him as a lad whose early inventions and scientific experiments usually end up causing disastrous results. As a result, the towns folk all think Tom is crazy, and creating a strained relationship between Tom and his father. Tom's only solace is his understanding mother who believes he's headed to do great things.

Details

Release Date: March 15, 1940

Runtime: 86 minutes

Genres: Drama

Original Language: EN

Rating: ⭐ 5.8/10 (9 votes)

Edison Collection

Young Tom Edison
Inventor Thomas Edison's boyhood is chronicled and shows him as a lad whose early inventions and scientific experiments usually end up causing disastrous results. As a result, the towns folk all think Tom is crazy, and creating a strained relationship between Tom and his father. Tom's only solace is his understanding mother who believes he's headed to do great things.
Edison, the Man
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.