Young Tom Edison (1940)
1h 26m
Running Time
March 15, 1940Release Date
Young Tom Edison (1940)
1h 26m
Running Time
March 15, 1940Release Date
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Plot.
Inventor Thomas Edison's boyhood is chronicled and shows him as a lad whose early inventions and scientific experiments usually end up causing disastrous results. As a result, the towns folk all think Tom is crazy, and creating a strained relationship between Tom and his father. Tom's only solace is his understanding mother who believes he's headed to do great things.
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Cast & Crew.
Mickey Rooney
Thomas Alva 'Tom' Edison
Fay Bainter
Mrs. Samuel 'Nancy' Edison
George Bancroft
Samuel 'Sam' Edison
Virginia Weidler
Tannie Edison
Eugene Pallette
Mr. Nelson
Victor Kilian
Mr. Dingle
Bobby Jordan
Joe 'Joey' Dingle
J.M. Kerrigan
Mr. McCarney
Clem Bevans
Mr. Waddell
Lloyd Corrigan
Dr. Pender
John Kellogg
Bill Edison
Eily Malyon
Miss Lavina Howard, School Teacher
Norman Taurog
Director
Harry Shannon
Army Captain Brackett
Bradbury Foote
Writer
Ernie Adams
Passenger Buying Maple Sugar
Maude Allen
Woman Fainting at Downed Bridge
Dore Schary
Writer
Hugo Butler
Writer
Jessie Arnold
Woman at Station
Polly Bailey
Woman at Station
John W. Considine Jr.
Producer
Sherwood Bailey
Red, Joe's Friend
Jack Baxley
Man at Dingle's Store
Edward Ward
Composer
John Beck
Bartender
Sidney Wagner
Cinematographer
Elmo Veron
Editor
Arthur Belasco
Telegrapher
Sammy Blum
Train Passenger
Stanley Blystone
Army Officer on Train
Wade Boteler
Si Weaver
Eddy Chandler
Mr. Briggs
Jack Daley
Man at Station
Leigh De Lacey
Train Passenger
John Webb Dillion
Man at Station
Fern Emmett
Mrs. McCarney
Budd Fine
Train Passenger
Olin Howland
Telegrapher (Indian Attack)
Philip Hurlic
Black Boy at Tree
John Ince
Man at Station
Mitchell Ingraham
Man at Station
Milton Kibbee
Baggage Man
Del Lawrence
Train Passenger
Mitchell Lewis
McGuire - Train Engineer
George Magrill
Train Passenger
Wally Maher
Man at Station
Claire McDowell
Woman at Station
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This Movie Is About.
inventor
biography
historical figure
19th century
Wiki.
Young Tom Edison is a 1940 biographical film about the early life of inventor Thomas Edison directed by Norman Taurog and starring Mickey Rooney. The film was the first of a complementary pair of Edison biopics that Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer released in 1940. Edison, the Man, starring Spencer Tracy, followed two months later, completing the two-part story of Edison's life.
The film had a special preview on February 10, 1940 in Port Huron, Michigan, the place where Thomas Edison spent his childhood.
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