Clarence Brown
Director
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.
Genres: Biography, Drama, History
Keywords: tmdb.historical-figure, tmdb.light-bulb, imdb.thomas-edison-character, imdb.phonograph, imdb.telegraph, imdb.jubilee, imdb.year-1992 + 49 more, imdb.year-1882, imdb.glass-blower, imdb.telegram, imdb.newark-new-jersey, imdb.aspiring-reporter, imdb.year-1929, imdb.umbrella, imdb.skepticism, imdb.newspaper-story, imdb.montage, imdb.idealist, imdb.electric-light, imdb.dictaphone, imdb.inventor, imdb.stock-market, imdb.banquet, imdb.manager, imdb.deafness, imdb.autograph, imdb.research, imdb.media-frenzy, imdb.laboratory, imdb.pie, imdb.apprentice, imdb.workshop, imdb.science, imdb.newspaper, imdb.morse-code, imdb.marriage-proposal, imdb.interview, imdb.hiding-place, imdb.baby, imdb.race-against-time, imdb.poverty, imdb.patent, imdb.new-york-city, imdb.invention, imdb.genius, imdb.determination, imdb.sequel, imdb.based-on-true-story, mdblist.fresh, mdblist.has-trailer, imdb.sense-of-time, imdb.character-name-in-title, awards.oscar-nominated, mdblist.belongs-to-collection, mdblist.collection-follow-up, aspectratio.1-37-1
Production Companies: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Country: United States
Production Country:
United States
Languages:
English
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107 min
May 10, 1940
Released
NR
10+
