Edison, the Man(Movie, 1940)

Name: Edison, the Man
Genre: History, Drama
Released: 1940
Duration: T01:47:00
Rating: 3.4

| 1h 47min | Genres: History, Drama

Rating: 3.4/5 (with 9 votes)

Edison, the Man is a 1940 biographical film depicting the life of inventor Thomas Edison, who was portrayed by Spencer Tracy. Hugo Butler and Dore Schary were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Story for their work on this film. Typical of most Hollywood biopics, much of the film fictionalizes or exaggerates the real events of Edison's life. Edison, the Man was the second of a complementary pair of Edison biopics released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1940. Young Tom Edison, starring Mickey Rooney, was released two months earlier and told the story of Edison's youth. ()

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Awards & Nominations for Edison, the Man

nominated for: Academy Award for Best Story

About 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.

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Trailer for Edison, the Man + Featurettes/Teaser/Clips

Edison the Man - Trailer(Trailer, 2:32)

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Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)

Plays in: New Jersey

Made by: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Original language: English (EN)

Spoken languages: English (EN)

Translated into 7 languages: German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Italian (IT), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU)

Status: Released

Release date US: 05/10/1940

Cast: Spencer Tracy, Rita Johnson, Charles Coburn, Gene Lockhart, Henry Travers, Felix Bressart, Addison Richards, Arthur Aylesworth, Gene Reynolds, Grant Mitchell, Lynne Overman, Peter Godfrey, Byron Foulger

Director: Clarence Brown

Producer: John W. Considine Jr.

Screenwriter: Hugo Butler, Dore Schary

Director of Photography: Harold Rosson

Composer: Herbert Stothart

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"Эдисон, человек"

"Эдисон"

Keywords: historical figure, light bulb

Color: Black & White (B/W)

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