Edison, the Man

Edison, the Man (1940) — drama, history film. Directed by Clarence Brown. Starring Spencer Tracy, Charles Coburn, Lynne Overman, Rita Johnson. This page maps 4 characters and 3 relationships between them as an interactive character network.

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An ambitious telegraph operator overcomes rejection, public criticism, and commercial obstruction to develop electric light and illuminate New York City.

Drama, History · 6.8/10 · 107 min · 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.

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