Edison, the Man
1940 · 1h 47m · Drama, History · United States of America · Rated Btl (SE)
Spencer Tracy's greatest performance!
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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Clarence Brown6.2Smart score
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