Synopsis
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.
Movie Information
- Director
- Clarence Brown
- Writers
- Bradbury Foote, Talbot Jennings
- Release Year
- 1940
- Runtime
- 107 minutes
- Genre
- History, Drama
- Language
- EN
- Country
- United States of America
- Status
- Released
- Rating
- 6.8 / 10 (27 votes)
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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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