Edison, the Man

Edison, the Man is a 1940 biographical film depicting the life of inventor Thomas Edison, who was played by Spencer Tracy. Hugo Butler and Dore Schary were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Story for their work on this film. However, much of the films script fictionalizes or exaggerates the real events of Edisons life.

In 1869, anxious to be more than a tramp telegraph operator, Edison Spencer Tracy travels to New York at the prompting of an old friend, Bunt Cavatt Lynne Overman. He goes to work for Mr. Els Henry Travers. He tries to persuade financier Mr. Taggart Gene Lockhart to fund the development of his inventions, but Taggart has no interest in financing green electrical workers. However, General Powell Charles Coburn, the president of Western Union, does.Edison eventually sells an invention to Taggart and Powell for 40,000, enabling him to get married and open his own invention factory at Menlo Park. In the next few years, he perfects the phonograph with his devoted staff. ........

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