Edison, the Man

Name: Edison, the Man
Director: Clarence Brown
Released: 1940
Duration: 107 min
Rating: 7
Cast: Spencer Tracy, Rita Johnson, Lynne Overman, Charles Coburn, Gene Lockhart

1940 · 107 MIN · IMDB 7.0 · 1,886 VOTES · DIR. Clarence Brown

Overview

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.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,215 lines

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00:00:17 EDISON, THE MAN

00:05:04 I think with Mr. Randry Ford, who built it

00:08:28 I always wanted to come to New York. I am here and I will stay.

00:12:11 I will be brief, I know you do not have much time and I did not.

00:15:57 The same as yesterday and before yesterday, I see Mr. Taggart.

00:19:46 Sit, wait a bit.

00:24:01 Mine is Mary Stillwell.

00:28:34 All right. I think I'll try it myself.

00:32:28 The seven.

00:37:26 Of course, of course.

00:42:20 This the Jack, any progress?

00:45:45 Well, if I were you, with inventor and all that

00:49:47 Why the secrecy? Why do not you want your friends know?

00:53:52 Maybe I've been waiting for a miracle. In any case, it has not happened.

00:58:36 Then I grabbed the bear and placed on the axis of the earth.

01:07:23 Here we go, before your mother comes, he's a good kid and crying really hard.

01:10:46 - Thank you. - Thank you.

01:15:04 Come on, son, crying. Cries.

01:19:00 What.

01:24:12 The good thing is that errors are not forever.

01:30:55 No, but apparently, the light bulb itself is.

01:33:29 But this is not why I'm struggling here.

01:38:12 Why not play more upbeat music?

01:42:00 WEALTH

Cast & Characters

Spencer Tracy Thomas A. Edison Rita Johnson Mary Stilwell Lynne Overman James G. 'Bunt' Cavatt Charles Coburn General Powell Gene Lockhart Mr. Taggart Henry Travers Ben Els Felix Bressart Michael Simon Peter Godfrey Ashton Guy D'Ennery Lundstrom Byron Foulger Edwin Hall

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,215

Dialogue density11.4 lines / min

First line00:00:17

Final line01:42:00

Production Record

DirectorClarence Brown

LanguageEnglish

IMDb votes1,886