Edison, the Man (1940)

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.

Directing:
  • Clarence Brown

Writing:
  • Dore Schary
  • Hugo Butler
  • Bradbury Foote

Stars:
Release Date: 1940-05-10
themoviedb icon 6.7/10
  • Country: US
  • Language: English
  • Runtime: 107

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