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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as Thomas A. Edison
DeceasedBorn: April 5, 1900
Died: June 10, 1967
Age at death: 67
as General Powell
DeceasedBorn: June 18, 1877
Died: August 30, 1961
Age at death: 84
as Bunt Cavatt
DeceasedBorn: September 18, 1887
Died: February 19, 1943
Age at death: 55
as Mary Stilwell
DeceasedBorn: August 13, 1913
Died: October 31, 1965
Age at death: 52
as Mr. Taggart
DeceasedBorn: July 18, 1891
Died: March 31, 1957
Age at death: 65
as Ben Els
DeceasedBorn: March 4, 1874
Died: October 18, 1965
Age at death: 91
as Michael Simon
DeceasedBorn: March 2, 1892
Died: March 17, 1949
Age at death: 57
as Ashton
DeceasedBorn: October 16, 1899
Died: March 4, 1970
Age at death: 70
as Lundstrom
DeceasedBorn: June 4, 1884
Died: October 17, 1978
Age at death: 94
as Edwin Hall
DeceasedBorn: August 26, 1898
Died: April 4, 1970
Age at death: 71
as 'Acid' Graham
DeceasedBorn: May 19, 1904
Died: May 15, 1980
Age at death: 75
as Bigelow
DeceasedBorn: August 12, 1881
Died: June 26, 1946
Age at death: 64
as Jimmy Price
DeceasedBorn: April 4, 1923
Died: February 3, 2020
Age at death: 96
as Mr. Johnson
DeceasedBorn: October 20, 1902
Died: March 22, 1964
Age at death: 61
as Snade
DeceasedBorn: June 17, 1874
Died: May 1, 1957
Age at death: 82
as Sheriff
DeceasedBorn: October 14, 1888
Died: February 27, 1953
Age at death: 64
as Toastmaster
DeceasedBorn: June 8, 1875
Died: June 3, 1947
Age at death: 71
as John Schofield
DeceasedBorn: August 15, 1921
Died: April 22, 2002
Age at death: 80
as Nancy Grey
DeceasedBorn: February 12, 1927
Died: January 31, 2018
Age at death: 90
as First Lecturer
DeceasedBorn: September 10, 1882
Died: August 4, 1957
Age at death: 74
as Minor Role
DeceasedBorn: January 6, 1884
Died: July 20, 1940
Age at death: 56
as Broker
DeceasedBorn: April 29, 1887
Died: November 17, 1943
Age at death: 56
as Sheriff
DeceasedBorn: September 5, 1893
Died: February 5, 1965
Age at death: 71
as Broker
AliveBirth date not on record.
as Party Guest
DeceasedBorn: August 8, 1886
Died: October 3, 1952
Age at death: 66
as Reporter
DeceasedBorn: September 23, 1894
Died: January 5, 1979
Age at death: 84
as Preacher
DeceasedBorn: April 15, 1869
Died: October 18, 1947
Age at death: 78
as Bisbee
DeceasedBorn: August 16, 1879
Died: January 26, 1952
Age at death: 72
as Minor Role
DeceasedBorn: May 27, 1890
Died: September 28, 1943
Age at death: 53
as Mechanic
DeceasedBorn: May 1, 1884
Died: October 9, 1967
Age at death: 83
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