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      Young Tom Edison

      1940, Biography, 1h 22m

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      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.

      Cast & Crew

      Mickey Rooney
      Fay Bainter
      George Bancroft
      Virginia Weidler
      Bobby Jordan
      J.M. Kerrigan
      John Kellogg
      Clem Bevans
      Eily Malyon
      Harry Shannon
      Edward Ward
      Sidney Wagner
      Elmo Veron
      Cedric Gibbons
      Edwin B. Willis
      Gile Steele
      Dolly Tree

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