Edison, the Man
Produced and released in 1940 by MGM, black and white 35mm negative, 1.37:1 screen ratio, mono sound, 107 mins., Laserdisc released 1993.
Production:
- Directed by Clarence Brown
- Written by Hugo Butler, Bradbury Foote, Talbot Jennings, Dore Schary
- Produced by John W. Considine Jr.
- Original Music by Herbert Stothart
- Cinematography by Harold Rosson
- Film Editing by Fredrick Y. Smith
- Art Direction by Cedric Gibbons
- Set Decoration by Edwin B. Willis
- Costume Design by Gile Steele, Dolly Tree
- Sound by Douglas Shearer
- Technical advisors William A. Simonds, Norman R. Speiden
Cast:
- Spencer Tracy as Thomas A. Edison
- Rita Johnson as Mary Stillwell
- Lynne Overman as James J. 'Bunt' Cavatt
- Charles Coburn as General Powell
- Gene Lockhart as Mr. Taggart, Gold Exchange manager
- Henry Travers as Ben Els
- Felix Bressart as Michael Simon
- Peter Godfrey as Bob Ashton
- Guy D'Ennery as Lundstrom
- Byron Foulger as Edwin Hall, Taggart's Secretary
- Milton Parsons as Acid Graham
- Arthur Aylesworth as Jack Bigelow
- Gene Reynolds as Jimmy Price
- Addison Richards as Johnson, Western Union Shop Foreman
- Grant Mitchell as Shade
- Paul Hurst as Sheriff
- George Lessey as Toastmaster
- Jay Ward as John Schofield
- Ann Gillis as Nancy Gray, student reporter
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