La Vie de Thomas Edison (1940)
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.
Directeur:
Clarence Brown
écrivains:
Talbot Jennings, Bradbury Foote.
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Spencer Tracy as Thomas A. Edison |
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Charles Coburn as General Powell |
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Lynne Overman as Bunt Cavatt |
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Rita Johnson as Mary Stilwell |
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Gene Lockhart as Mr. Taggart |
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Henry Travers as Ben Els |
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Felix Bressart as Michael Simon |
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Peter Godfrey as Ashton |
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Guy D'Ennery as Lundstrom |
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Byron Foulger as Edwin Hall |
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Milton Parsons as 'Acid' Graham |
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Arthur Aylesworth as Bigelow |
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Gene Reynolds as Jimmy Price |
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Addison Richards as Mr. Johnson |
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Grant Mitchell as Snade |
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Paul Hurst as Sheriff |
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George Lessey as Toastmaster |
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Jay Ward as John Schofield |
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Ann Gillis as Nancy Grey |
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Erville Alderson as First Lecturer |
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William Arnold as Minor Role |
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Hooper Atchley as Broker |
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Irving Bacon as Sheriff |
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Arthur Belasco as Broker |
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Edward Biby as Party Guest |
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Billy Bletcher as Reporter |
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Harry C. Bradley as Preacher |
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Harlan Briggs as Bisbee |
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Fritzi Brunette as Minor Role |
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John Butler as Mechanic |
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James Carlisle as Party Guest |
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George Chandler as Gold Exchange Clerk |
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Howard Chase as Minor Role |
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James Conaty as Party Guest |
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Jimmy Conlin as Waiter |
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Nick Copeland as Reporter |
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Maurice Costello as Broker |
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Nell Craig as Woman |
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Jack Daley as Minor Role |
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Edgar Dearing as Policeman |
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Helen Dickson as Minor Role |
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John Dilson as Broker |
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Donald Douglas as Jordan |
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Edward Earle as Broker |
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Frank Faylen as Galbreath |
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Walter Fenner as Man at Banquet |
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Eddie Gribbon as Cashier |
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Hale Hamilton as Broker |
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Sam Harris as Party Guest |
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Edward Hearn as Broker |
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Arthur Stuart Hull as Broker |
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Harry Humphrey as Broker |
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Edward Keane as Lecturer |
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Eve Kendall as Marion Estelle Edison |
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Milton Kibbee as Workman |
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Charles Lane as Second Lecturer |
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Edward LeSaint as Doctor |
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Wilfred Lucas as Broker |
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Tom Mahoney as Policeman |
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Eric Mayne as Party Guest |
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Ralph McCullough as Reporter |
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George Meader as Minister |
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Harold Minjir as Blair |
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Bruce Mitchell as Coachman |
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Hans Moebus as Party Guest |
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Edmund Mortimer as Party Guest |
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Forbes Murray as Broker |
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Louis Natheaux as Broker |
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Alex Novinsky as Party Guest |
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William H. O'Brien as Waiter |
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George Ovey as Lamplighter |
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Thomas Pogue as Minor Role |
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Alexander Pollard as Butler |
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Cyril Ring as Reporter |
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Count Stefenelli as Party Guest |
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Harry Strang as Minor Role |
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Charles Trowbridge as Clark |
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Emmett Vogan as Secretary |
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Charles Waldron as First Commissioner |
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Frank Whitbeck as Trailer Narrator (voice) |
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Joe Whitehead as Minor Role |
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Lloyd Whitlock as Broker |
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Robert Winkler as Newsboy |
| Directing | Clarence Brown | Director |
| Writing | Talbot Jennings | Screenplay |
| Writing | Bradbury Foote | Screenplay |
| Writing | Dore Schary | Original Story |
| Writing | Hugo Butler | Original Story |
| Sound | Herbert Stothart | Music |
