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Young Tom Edison (1940)
Directed by Norman Taurog
Overview
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.
Rated NR | Length 86 minutes
Actors
Mickey Rooney | George Bancroft | Fay Bainter | Virginia Weidler | Eugene Pallette | Victor Kilian | Bobby Jordan | Lloyd Corrigan | John Kellogg | Clem Bevans | Eily Malyon | Harry Shannon | Ernie Adams | Maude Allen | Jessie Arnold | Polly Bailey | Sherwood Bailey | Jack Baxley | John Beck | Arthur Belasco | Sammy Blum | Stanley Blystone | Wade Boteler | Eddy Chandler | Jack Daley | Leigh De Lacey | John Webb Dillon | Fern Emmett | Budd Fine | Olin Howland | Philip Hurlic | John Ince | Mitchell Ingraham | Milton Kibbee | Del Lawrence | Mitchell Lewis | George Magrill | Wally Maher | Claire McDowell | Frances Morris | Emory Parnell | Lee Phelps | Victor Potel | Mickey Rentschler | Marion Sheldon | Buster Slaven | Marvin Stephens | Harry Strang | Forrest Taylor | Spencer Tracy | Frank Whitbeck | Joe Whitehead | Al Thompson | J.M. Kerrigan