Directed by:
Norman TaurogCinematography:
Sidney WagnerComposer:
Edward WardCast:
Mickey Rooney, Fay Bainter, George Bancroft, Virginia Weidler, Eugene Pallette, Bobby Jordan, Lloyd Corrigan, John Kellogg, Clem Bevans, Spencer Tracy (more)VOD (1)
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In this tale of Edison's youth, Tom's scientific curiosity and experiments gone wrong are subjects of scorn in his hometown... and in his family. Tom shows heroism in the face of great danger, and even invents a device to help the doctor save his mother's life. But will that be enough to win over the folks who call him addled? (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Mickey Rooney
USA
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Captains Courageous (1937)
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935)
Strike Up the Band (1940)
Fay Bainter
USA
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Make Way for Tomorrow (1937)
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George Bancroft
USA
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Virginia Weidler
USA
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Eugene Pallette
USA
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Bobby Jordan
USA
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Lloyd Corrigan
USA
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John Kellogg
USA
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Clem Bevans
USA
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Spencer Tracy
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Ernie Adams
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Mitchell Lewis
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Emory Parnell
USA
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Frances Morris
USA
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Claire McDowell
USA
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Jessie Arnold
USA
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George Magrill
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Harry Strang
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Edison, the Man (1940)
North by Northwest (1959)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Fern Emmett
USA
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Sherwood Bailey
USA
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