Young Edison

Movie
German title	Young Edison
Original title	Young Tom Edison
Country of production	United States
original language	English
Publishing year	1940
length	86 minutes
Rod
Director	Norman Taurog
script	Hugo Butler Bradbury Foote Dore Schary
production	John W. Considine Jr.
music	Edward Ward
camera	Sidney Wagner
cut	Elmo Veron
occupation
Mickey Rooney : Tom Edison Fay Bainter : Nancy Edison George Bancroft : Sam Edison Virginia Weidler : Tannie Edison Eugene Pallette : Mr. Nelson Victor Kilian : Mr. Dingle Bobby Jordan : Joey Dingle JM Kerrigan : Mr. McCarney Lloyd Corrigan : Dr. Pender John Kellogg : Bill Edison Clem Bevans : Mr. Waddell Eily Malyon : Lavina Howard, teacher Harry Shannon : Captain Brackett

The young Edison (alternative title: The young Tom Edison ) is an American feature film from 1940. Mickey Rooney plays the young genius Thomas Alva Edison , whose inventions later went around the world and revolutionized the 20th century.

action

Tom Edison as a child

Port Huron , Michigan , early 1860s. Thomas Alva Edison's family lives here . Tom is a wild young fellow who feels misunderstood by many. Only his mother Nancy and his sister Tannie understand him. His relationship with his teacher Lavina Howard is particularly problematic. After detonating a stink bomb in the school building, he is expelled from school. His father Sam is angry with him, but his mother continues to defend him and now teaches him herself. However, when Tom saves the life of Mr. McCarney's little son, he makes a friend. McCarney gives him work. But even with this job he is unlucky because he sets a train and a car on fire. He is now turning the entire Port Huron community against him. He considers leaving the city forever, but gives up that idea when his mother becomes seriously ill. For the operation on the mother, the treating doctor needs stronger light. Tom breaks into a store and steals a mirror that intensifies the light. The stronger light actually saves his mother's life; his theft is celebrated as a heroic deed. He finally wins the heart of the community when, through his ingenuity, he prevents a serious train accident. Now he has also won the support of his father, who proudly announces to his wife that in future he will only be referred to as the father of the famous Thomas Alva Edison.

background

In 1940 MGM produced two biographical films about the inventor Thomas Alva Edison. First The Young Edison on Edison's youth, then The Great Edison with Spencer Tracy as the adult Edison. Tracy has also appeared in The young Edison a cameo appearance as a man of a portrait of Edison look at.

Reviews

"A straightforward biographical film, particularly impressive due to the excellent interpretation of the main role."

- Lexicon of international film

Web links

• The young Edison in theInternet Movie Database(English)
• Young Tom Edison at Turner Classic Movies (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Young Edison. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed December 5, 2018 .