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Edison, The Man

1940, Movie, NR, 104 mins

Year: 1940
Rated NR
Parental Rating: Good for children
Country Of Origin: U.S.
Running Time: 104
Format: Black & White
Genre(s): Biography
Production Co(s).: MGM
Released By: MGM

Award(s)
Academy Award Nominee: Best Original Story - Hugo Butler, Dore Schary

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Cast
Spencer Tracy: Thomas Alva Edison
Rita Johnson: Mary Stilwell
Lynne Overman: Bunt Cavatt
Charles Coburn: Gen. Powell
Gene Lockhart: Mr. Taggart
Henry Travers: Ben Els
Felix Bressart: Michael Simon
Peter Godfrey: Ashton
Frank Faylen: Galbreath
Byron Foulger: Edwin Hall
Guy D'Ennery: Lundstrom
Addison Richards: Dr. Johnson
Milton Parsons: Acid Graham
Arthur Aylesworth: Bigelow
Gene Reynolds: Jimmy Price
Grant Mitchell: Shade
Don Douglas: Jordan
Harlan Briggs: Bisbee
Charles Trowbridge: Clark
Harold Minjir: Blair
George Meader: Minister
Charles Waldron: Commissioner
Charles Lane: Second Lecturer
Irving Bacon: Sheriff
Edward Earle: Broker
Joe Whitehead: Man
Emmett Vogan: Secretary
Tom Mahoney: Policeman
Bruce Mitchell: Coachman
Milton Kibbee: Workman
Nell Craig: Woman
Ann Gillis: Nancy Grey
Jay Ward: John Schofield
George Lessey: Toastmaster
Paul Hurst: Sheriff
John Butler: Mechanic
George Ovey: Lamplighter
George Chandler: Operator
Jimmy Conlin: Waiter
Eddie Gribbon: Cashier
Robert Winkler: Newsboy
Erville Alderson: First Lecturer
Edward J. LeSaint: Doctor
Roy Cummings: Footman
Eve Kendall: Marion Estelle Edison
Harry C. Bradley: Preacher
Michael Simms: Thomas Edison, Jr.
Alex Pollard: Butler
Walter Fenner: Man at Banquet
Edward Keane: Third Lecturer
Edgar Dearing: Policeman
Tom Mahoney: Policeman
Cyril Ring: Reporter
Billy Bletcher: Reporter
Ralph McCullough: Reporter
Nick Copeland: Reporter
Arthur Stuart Hull: Broker
Howard Chase: Broker
Maurice Costello: Broker
Arthur Belasco: Broker
Edward Hearn: Broker
Louis Natheaux: Broker
Jack Daley: Broker
Hooper Atchley: Broker
Wilfred Lucas: Broker
Harry Humphrey: Broker
Hale Hamilton: Broker
Forbes Murray: Broker
John Dilson: Broker
Lloyd Whitlock: Broker
Joe Whitehead
Harry Strang
Billy Arnold
Thomas Pogue
Nell Craig
Fritzi Brunette
Helen Dickson

Credits
Clarence Brown: Director
Bradbury Foote: Writer - based on a story by Dore Schary and Hugo Butler
Talbot Jennings: Writer
Hugo Butler: Source
Dore Schary: Source
John W. Considine Jr.: Producer
Orville O. Dull: Producer
Orville O. Dull: Assoc. Producer
Harold Rosson: Cinematographer
Frederick Y. Smith: Editor
Herbert Stothart: Musical Composer
Cedric Gibbons: Art Director
John S. Detlie: Art Director
Edwin B. Willis: Set Decorator
Gile Steele: Costumes
Dolly Tree: Costumes
Douglas Shearer: Sound
Jack Dawn: Make Up
William A. Simonds: Technical Advisor
Edison Institute: Technical Advisor
Norman R. Speiden: Technical Advisor
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