Academy Award-winner Spencer Tracy (Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde) stars in this Oscar-nominated biography of Thomas Edison, the famous inventor who rose from poverty to invent the electric light bulb. With Oscar-winner Charles Coburn (The Lady Eve) and Oscar-nominees Gene Lockhart (Meet John Doe) and Henry Travers (It's A Wonderful Life). Directed by Academy Award-nominee Clarence Brown (National Velvet, The Yearling). This acclaimed sequel to Young Thomas Edison was nominated for Best Writing.
