This is a story of triumph.. the triumph of an American boy, who had courage, imagination and faith.
5.6
86 min
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.
Name | Character | Team | |
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Mickey Rooney | Thomas Alva 'Tom' Edison | Unowned | |
George Bancroft | Samuel 'Sam' Edison | Unowned | |
Fay Bainter | Mrs. Samuel 'Nancy' Edison | Unowned | |
Virginia Weidler | Tannie Edison | Unowned | |
Eugene Pallette | Mr. Nelson | Unowned | |
Victor Kilian | Mr. Dingle | Unowned | |
Bobby Jordan | Joe 'Joey' Dingle | Unowned | |
Lloyd Corrigan | Dr. Pender | Unowned | |
John Kellogg | Bill Edison | Unowned | |
Clem Bevans | Mr. Waddell | Unowned | |
Eily Malyon | Miss Lavina Howard, School Teacher | Unowned | |
Harry Shannon | Army Captain Brackett | Unowned | |
Ernie Adams | Passenger Buying Maple Sugar | Unowned | |
Maude Allen | Woman Fainting at Downed Bridge | Unowned | |
Jessie Arnold | Woman at Station | Unowned | |
Polly Bailey | Woman at Station | Unowned | |
Sherwood Bailey | Red, Joe's Friend | Unowned | |
Jack Baxley | Man at Dingle's Store | Unowned | |
John Beck | Bartender | Unowned | |
Arthur Belasco | Telegrapher | Unowned | |
Sammy Blum | Train Passenger | Unowned | |
Stanley Blystone | Army Officer on Train | Unowned | |
Wade Boteler | Si Weaver | Unowned | |
Eddy Chandler | Mr. Briggs | Unowned | |
Jack Daley | Man at Station | Unowned | |
Leigh De Lacey | Train Passenger | Unowned | |
John Webb Dillion | Man at Station | Unowned | |
Fern Emmett | Mrs. McCarney | Unowned | |
Budd Fine | Train Passenger | Unowned | |
Olin Howland | Telegrapher (Indian Attack) | Unowned | |
Philip Hurlic | Black Boy at Tree | Unowned | |
John Ince | Man at Station | Unowned | |
Mitchell Ingraham | Man at Station | Unowned | |
Milton Kibbee | Baggage Man | Unowned | |
Del Lawrence | Train Passenger | Unowned | |
Mitchell Lewis | McGuire - Train Engineer | Unowned | |
George Magrill | Train Passenger | Unowned | |
Wally Maher | Man at Station | Unowned | |
Claire McDowell | Woman at Station | Unowned | |
Frances Morris | Woman at Station | Unowned | |
Emory Parnell | Bob | Unowned | |
Lee Phelps | Train Engineer Miller | Unowned | |
Victor Potel | Mr. Tompkins | Unowned | |
Mickey Rentschler | Johnny, Joe's Friend | Unowned | |
Marion Sheldon | Train Passenger | Unowned | |
Buster Slaven | Boy at Tree | Unowned | |
Marvin Stephens | Frank Allen | Unowned | |
Harry Strang | Army Officer | Unowned | |
Forrest Taylor | Train Passenger | Unowned | |
Spencer Tracy | Man Admiring Portrait of Thomas A. Edison | Unowned | |
Frank Whitbeck | Narrator (voice) | Unowned | |
Joe Whitehead | Mr. Hodge | Unowned | |
Al Thompson | Man at Station | Unowned | |
J.M. Kerrigan | Mr. McCarney | Unowned |