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Young Tom Edison   1940     3 stars    N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Norman Taurog  
Cast: Mickey Rooney, Fay Bainter, George Bancroft, Virginia Weidler, Eugene Pallette, Victor Kilian, Bobby Jordan, J.M. Kerrigan, Lloyd Corrigan, Clem Bevans

  This is the first half of two films planned by MGM about the life of Thomas Edison. It was followed by "Edison, the Man." Mickey Rooney stars as the inquisitive teenager, Tom, in his days before fame and fortune. Spencer Tracy took on the title role in the second film about an older Thomas Edison.

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Fay Bainter
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