La Vie de Thomas Edison (1940)
Edison, the Man
Réalisateur : Clarence Brown
Scénaristes : Bradbury Foote, Talbot Jennings
117 minutes
Status : Released
Langue : English
Pays : United States of America
Société de production : Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Synopsis
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.
- 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
