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Edison, the Man

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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.

movie

Status: Released

Released Date: 1940-05-10

Runtime: 107 mins

Director: Clarence Brown

Spoken language: English

Genres: History, Drama

Original title: Edison, the Man

Production Companies: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Production Countries: United States of America

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