Edison, the Man

IMDb link: 0032432
IMDb rating: 7 (1,974 votes)
Genres: Drama, Biography
Director: Clarence Brown
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Charles Coburn, Rita Johnson, Lynne Overman and others

Release date: 10 May 1940
Release year: 1940
Runtime: 107 minutes
Country: United States
Keywords: thomas edison character, sense of time, inventor, stock market, banquet, phonograph, manager, telegraph, deafness, jubilee

Plot:

Honored at a banquet for his sixty-year career as an inventor, scientist, and businessman, 89-year-old Thomas Alva Edison reflects back on his long career, which includes such achievements as the stock market ticker, the phonograph, the light bulb, and the motion picture camera.

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