Cine-Bible

Titre :

La Vie de Thomas Edison

Sortie :

1940-05-10

Note / Votes :

6.8 / 25

Genre :

Histoire - Drame

Titre original :

Edison, the Man

Fait partie de la collection :

Edison Collection

Réalisateur :

Clarence Brown

Musique :

Herbert Stothart

Histoire :

En flash-back, cinquante ans après avoir inventé l'ampoule, un Edison âgé de 82 ans raconte son histoire à partir de vingt-deux ans avec son arrivée à New York. Il est sur son chemin avec invention d'une forme précoce de ticker sur le marché boursier.

Casting	Rôle
Spencer Tracy	Thomas A. Edison
Charles Coburn	General Powell
Lynne Overman	Bunt Cavatt
Rita Johnson	Mary Stilwell
Gene Lockhart	Mr. Taggart
Henry Travers	Ben Els
Felix Bressart	Michael Simon
Peter Godfrey	Ashton
Guy D'Ennery	Lundstrom
Byron Foulger	Edwin Hall
Milton Parsons	'Acid' Graham
Arthur Aylesworth	Bigelow
Gene Reynolds	Jimmy Price
Addison Richards	Mr. Johnson
Grant Mitchell	Snade
Paul Hurst	Sheriff
George Lessey	Toastmaster
Jay Ward	John Schofield
Ann Gillis	Nancy Grey
Erville Alderson	First Lecturer
William Arnold	Minor Role
Hooper Atchley	Broker
Irving Bacon	Sheriff
Arthur Belasco	Broker
Edward Biby	Party Guest
Billy Bletcher	Reporter
Harry C. Bradley	Preacher
Harlan Briggs	Bisbee
Fritzi Brunette	Minor Role
John Butler	Mechanic
James Carlisle	Party Guest
George Chandler	Gold Exchange Clerk
Howard Chase	Minor Role
James Conaty	Party Guest
Jimmy Conlin	Waiter
Nick Copeland	Reporter
Maurice Costello	Broker
Nell Craig	Woman
Jack Daley	Minor Role
Edgar Dearing	Policeman
Helen Dickson	Minor Role
John Dilson	Broker
Donald Douglas	Jordan
Edward Earle	Broker
Frank Faylen	Galbreath
Walter Fenner	Man at Banquet
Eddie Gribbon	Cashier
Hale Hamilton	Broker
Sam Harris	Party Guest
Edward Hearn	Broker
Arthur Stuart Hull	Broker
Harry Humphrey	Broker
Edward Keane	Lecturer
Eve Kendall	Marion Estelle Edison
Milton Kibbee	Workman
Charles Lane	Second Lecturer
Edward LeSaint	Doctor
Wilfred Lucas	Broker
Tom Mahoney	Policeman
Eric Mayne	Party Guest
Ralph McCullough	Reporter
George Meader	Minister
Harold Minjir	Blair
Bruce Mitchell	Coachman
Hans Moebus	Party Guest
Edmund Mortimer	Party Guest
Forbes Murray	Broker
Louis Natheaux	Broker
Alex Novinsky	Party Guest
William H. O'Brien	Waiter
George Ovey	Lamplighter
Thomas Pogue	Minor Role
Alexander Pollard	Butler
Cyril Ring	Reporter
Count Stefenelli	Party Guest
Harry Strang	Minor Role
Charles Trowbridge	Clark
Emmett Vogan	Secretary
Charles Waldron	First Commissioner
Frank Whitbeck	Trailer Narrator (voice)
Joe Whitehead	Minor Role
Lloyd Whitlock	Broker
Robert Winkler	Newsboy