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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... See full summary » Director:Clarence Brown |
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Mary Stilwell
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Bunt Cavatt
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General Powell
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Ben Els
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Michael Simon
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Ashton
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Guy D'Ennery | ... |
Lundstrom
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Edwin Hall
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Bigelow
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Jimmy Price
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Mr. Johnson
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Snade
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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 invention of an early form of stock market ticker. Written by Ed Stephan <stephan@cc.wwu.edu>
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Mono (Western Electric Sound System)Color:
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(1869) (uncredited)
Music by Henry Tucker
Lyrics by George Cooper
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Sung a bit by Spencer Tracy See more »
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The World Premiere for this film in Edison's hometown of West Orange, New Jersey, serves as the backdrop for the mystery novel, 'Dead at the Box Office' by John Dandola. The novel explains in great detail how M.G.M. went about planning and carrying out the festivities. See more »Goofs
Factual errors: The montage sequence depicting Edison's inventions lists "electric power transmission" over a shot of a massive transmission line and the tower that holds it up. That technology was actually developed not by Edison but by Nikola Tesla. (Tesla held over 700 patents, including Radio. Marconi stole the radio patent from Tesla. The US Patent office has since revoked Marconi's claim, giving it to Tesla.) Edison insisted on powering his lights with direct current, which could only travel sort distances from the generators that produced it. Tesla used alternating current, which could be run through transformers to increase its voltage so it could be moved over long distances, then reduced in voltage again for home use. Tesla's alternating current, not Edison's direct current, quickly became the standard and is what we use today. See more »Quotes
Thomas A. Edison: [to the Gold Exchange clerk, who once told him he'd have to wait until next Christmas to see Mr. Taggart, before Edison fixed the gold ticker and got an appointment with Taggart:] Merry Christmas.See more »
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"Sweet Genevieve"(1869) (uncredited)
Music by Henry Tucker
Lyrics by George Cooper
Played often in the score
Sung a bit by Spencer Tracy See more »
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