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Young Tom Edison

 
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Young Tom Edison

 
  • Director: Norman Taurog
  • AMG Rating: starstar
  • Genre: Drama
  • Movie Type: Biopic, Childhood Drama
  • Main Cast: Mickey Rooney, Fay Bainter, George Bancroft, Virginia Weidler, Eugene Pallette
  • Release Year: 1940
  • Country: US
  • Run Time: 82 minutes
  • MPAA Rating: NR

Plot

This film follows the teenage years of brilliant inventor Thomas Alva Edison (Mickey Rooney) as the young man troubles his family and his school teachers with his great quest for knowledge. ~ Iotis Erlewine, All Movie Guide

Cast

Victor Kilian - Mr. Dingle; J.M. Kerrigan - Mr. McCarney; Lloyd Corrigan - Dr. Pender; John Kellogg - Bill Edison; Clem Bevans - Mr. Waddell; Eily Malyon - Schoolteacher; Harry Shannon - Capt. Brackett; Pedro de Cordoba - Captain Brackett; Bobby Jordan - Joe Dingle

Credit

Cedric Gibbons - Art Director, Orville O. Dull - Associate Producer, Gile Steele - Costume Designer, Dolly Tree - Costume Designer, Norman Taurog - Director, Elmo Vernon - Editor, Edward Ward - Composer (Music Score), Jack Dawn - Makeup, Sidney Wagner - Cinematographer, John W. Considine, Jr. - Producer, Edwin B. Willis - Set Designer, Hugo Butler - Screenwriter, Bradbury Foote - Screenwriter, Dore Schary - Screenwriter

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Wikipedia: Young Tom Edison
 
Young Tom Edison
Directed by Norman Taurog
Produced by John W. Considine, Jr.
Written by Hugo Butler
Bradbury Foote
Dore Schary
Starring Mickey Rooney
Fay Bainter
George Bancroft
Release date(s) March 15, 1940
Running time 86 minutes
Country  United States
Language English

Young Tom Edison is a 1940 biographical film about the early life of inventor Thomas Edison, with Mickey Rooney in the title role.

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