In flashback, fifty years after inventing the light bulb, an 82-year-old Edison tells his story starting at age twenty-two with his arrival in New York. He's on his way with the invention of an early form of the stock market ticker.

Thomas A. Edison

General Powell

Bunt Cavatt

Mary Stilwell

Mr. Taggart

Ben Els

Michael Simon

Ashton

Lundstrom

Edwin Hall

'Acid' Graham

Bigelow

Jimmy Price

Mr. Johnson

Snade

Sheriff

Toastmaster

Nancy Grey

First Lecturer
May 10, 1940

Thomas A. Edison

General Powell

Bunt Cavatt

Mary Stilwell

Mr. Taggart

Ben Els

Michael Simon

Ashton

Lundstrom

Edwin Hall

'Acid' Graham

Bigelow

Jimmy Price

Mr. Johnson

Snade

Sheriff

Toastmaster

Nancy Grey

First Lecturer
