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Saturday Cinema: Edison, The Man

BBC Two
on BBC Two England

Starring Spencer Tracy

As inventor Thomas Edison sits at a Jubilee dinner given in his honour, he recalls his early days as a young man brimming with ideas but lacking tools, a workshop and above all, financial backing. This is the story of how he overcame all these problems.

Films: page 25

Contributors

Screenplay:
Talbot Jennings
Screenplay:
Bradbury Foote
Producer:
John W. Considine Jr.
Director:
Clarence Brown
Thomas A. Edison:
Spencer Tracy
Mary Stilwell:
Rita Johnson
Bunt Cavatt:
Lynne Overman
General Powell:
Charles Coburn
Mr Taggart:
Gene Lockhart
Ben Els:
Henry Travers
Michael Simon:
Felix Bressart
Ashton:
Peter Godfrey
Lundstrom:
Guy D'Ennery
Edwin Hall:
Byron Foulger
'Acid' Graham:
Milton Parsons
Bigelow:
Arthur Aylesworth
Source: Radio Times

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