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82 year old inventor and entrepreneur Thomas Alva Edison is honored in 1929 and he reflects back on his sixty year career of scientific achievement.
Original Release
05/10/1940
US Release
05/10/1940
Cast
Name | Character |
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Spencer Tracy | Thomas A. Edison |
Rita Johnson | Mary Stilwell |
Lynne Overman | Bunt Cavatt / James G. 'Bunt' Cavatt |
Charles Coburn | General Powell |
Gene Lockhart | Mr. Taggart |
Henry Travers | Ben Els |
Felix Bressart | Michael Simon |
Peter Godfrey | Ashton |
Guy D'Ennery | Lundstrom |
Byron Foulger | Edwin Hall |
Directors
Writers
Talbot Jennings, Bradbury Foote, Dore Schary, Hugo Butler
Cast
Name | Character |
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Spencer Tracy | Thomas A. Edison |
Rita Johnson | Mary Stilwell |
Lynne Overman | Bunt Cavatt / James G. 'Bunt' Cavatt |
Charles Coburn | General Powell |
Gene Lockhart | Mr. Taggart |
Henry Travers | Ben Els |
Felix Bressart | Michael Simon |
Peter Godfrey | Ashton |
Guy D'Ennery | Lundstrom |
Byron Foulger | Edwin Hall |
Milton Parsons | 'Acid' Graham |
Arthur Aylesworth | Jack Bigelow / Bigelow |
Gene Reynolds | Jimmy Price |
Addison Richards | Mr. Johnson |
Grant Mitchell | Snade |
Paul Hurst | Sheriff |
George Lessey | Toastmaster |
Jay Ward | John Schofield |
Ann Gillis | Nancy Grey |
Erville Alderson | First Lecturer |
Producers
Name | Role |
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John W. Considine Jr. | Producer |
Orville O. Dull | Producer |
Editors
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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1941 | Oscar | Best Writing, Original Story | Nominated |