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      Young Tom Edison

      Released Mar 15, 1940 1 hr. 22 min. Biography List
      Reviews 75% 100+ Ratings Audience Score During the 1860s, Tom Edison (Mickey Rooney) is a precocious boy with a penchant for mischief. After setting off a smoke bomb, he is expelled from his school to the dismay of his father, Samuel (George Bancroft). However, Tom's mother, Nancy (Fay Bainter), knows that he is incredibly gifted. After Tom rescues a young boy from an oncoming train, the boy's father, Mr. McCarney (J.M. Kerrigan), offers him a job in a telegraph office, where's he's finally given a chance to prove himself. Read More Read Less Watch on Fandango at Home Premiered Jun 22 Buy Now

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      Audience Member The best inspiring movie ever made! With the best movie character ever portrayed: Mickey Rooney as Thomas Alva Edison! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/26/23 Full Review Audience Member Hollywood schlock from that era Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/17/23 Full Review Audience Member A wonderful film, especially when you consider how old it is. It sure holds up well today. Mickey Rooney is inspirational as the legendary American inventor, Tom Edison. The acting is actually quite good from everybody involved with Virginia Weidler and George Bancroft being other standouts. It's a neat movie that everybody should see. (First and only viewing - 1/18/2016) Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/19/23 Full Review Audience Member good bio-pic part one MGM bought the story of edison and split his life into 2 pics this and the spencer tracey pic Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Audience Member I love history especially the older I get. I've been to the Edison museum in W. Orange NJ and so was very interested when this movie was on this past Sunday. Mickey Rooney was America's most popular actor when this movie was made in 1940. Edison had a loving mother & sister, a heavy disciplinarian father but he was always interested in trying new things. It's a 1940's gem! Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/21/23 Full Review Audience Member I liked Edison the Man better, but this was good too. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/19/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Synopsis During the 1860s, Tom Edison (Mickey Rooney) is a precocious boy with a penchant for mischief. After setting off a smoke bomb, he is expelled from his school to the dismay of his father, Samuel (George Bancroft). However, Tom's mother, Nancy (Fay Bainter), knows that he is incredibly gifted. After Tom rescues a young boy from an oncoming train, the boy's father, Mr. McCarney (J.M. Kerrigan), offers him a job in a telegraph office, where's he's finally given a chance to prove himself.
      Director
      Norman Taurog
      Screenwriter
      Hugo Butler, Bradbury Foote, Dore Schary
      Distributor
      Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
      Production Co
      Metro Goldwyn Mayer
      Genre
      Biography
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Theaters)
      Mar 15, 1940, Wide
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Jun 22, 2009
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