Edison, The Man

Name: Edison, The Man
Released: 1940-5-10
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Rita Johnson, Lynne Overman, Charles Coburn, Gene Lockhart

Edison, The Man

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1h 47m
1940

80%

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Academy Award-winner Spencer Tracy ("Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?," "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde") stars in this Oscar-nominated biography of Thomas Edison, the famous inventor who rose from poverty to invent the electric light bulb. With Oscar-winner Charles Coburn ("The Lady Eve") and Oscar-nominees Gene Lockhart ("Meet John Doe") and Henry Travers ("It's A Wonderful Life"). Directed by Academy Award-nominee Clarence Brown ("National Velvet," "The Yearling"). This acclaimed sequel to "Young Thomas Edison" was nominated for Best Writing.

Director:

Clarence Brown

Producer:

John W. Considine Jr.

Writer:

Hugo Butler, Dore Schary

Cast:

Spencer Tracy, Rita Johnson, Lynne Overman, Charles Coburn, Gene Lockhart, Henry Travers, Felix Bressart, Peter Godfrey, Guy D'Ennery, Byron Foulger, Milton Parsons, Arthur Aylesworth, Gene Reynolds, Addison Richards

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

80%

Reviews

EmanuelLevy.Com

Emanuel Levy

Spencer Tracy plays the pioneering scientist in this decent but routine MGM biopic, directed by Clarence Brown

Biography depicts famous inventor as smart, curious hero.

August 15, 2017

FULL REVIEW

Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews

Dennis Schwartz

Standard biopic.

April 8, 2021

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Video-Reviewmaster.com

Steve Crum

Grade A MGM biography with strong Tracy as Thomas Edison.

June 21, 2017

Time Out

Geoff Andrew

Something of a whitewash job, it never begins to suggest the stubborn and sometimes shortsighted side to the inventor's character that led him, for example, first to fail to recognise the potential of his invention of the movie camera and projector.

June 21, 2017

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