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Edison, the Man

1940 · 107 min

A sturdy, old-fashioned tribute that plays like a warm pat on the back for stubborn ingenuity, with mild setbacks and tidy triumphs.

Directed by
Clarence Brown
Genres
History, Drama
Starring
Spencer Tracy, Charles Coburn, Lynne Overman
Tagline
Spencer Tracy's greatest performance!
Overview
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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Directed by
Clarence Brown
Genres
History, Drama
Starring
Spencer Tracy, Charles Coburn, Lynne Overman
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Tone
  • earneststrength 3 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • upliftingstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • ambition
  • obsession
  • work
  • science
  • power
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
period
Audience
family
Form
  • true story
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour3
Realism7
Romance3
Tension4
Darkness2
Complexity3
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
history, drama
Directed by
Clarence Brown
Written by
Talbot Jennings, Bradbury Foote
Starring
Spencer Tracy, Charles Coburn, Lynne Overman, Rita Johnson, Gene Lockhart, Henry Travers, Felix Bressart, Peter Godfrey
Runtime
107 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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