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Show 'Edison, The Man' Termed Faithfully Authentic And Thrillingly Dramatic Bringing to the screen a true-life true-life picture of one of the most beloved American characters of all-time in a story that is faithfully faith-fully authentic yet thrilllingly dramatic, "Edison, the Man," opens at the Gaiety Theatre next Sunday. The picture stars Spencer Tracy, twice named by Hollywood players themselves as the screen's leading actor and now accredited with being the leading portrayer of real-life characters because of his earlier performances as Father Flanagan in "Boys Town" Henry M. Stanley in "Stanley and Livingstone" and Major Robert Rogers in "Northwest Passage". Tracy is surrounded by a stellar stel-lar cast including Rita Johnson, Lynne Overman, Charles Coburn, Gene Lockhart, Henry Travers, Felix Bressart and dozens of other well-known actors. The picture pic-ture was directed by Clarence Brown, himself a graduate engineer. en-gineer. It was produced by John W. Considine Jr., who produced "Boys Town" and "Young Tom Edison". Although not a sequel, "Edison, the Man" is a companion picture to the highly popular "Young Tom Edison". It picks up the story of this great man's life at the age of twenty-two when, unknown un-known and almost penniless, he arrives in New York City to seek opportunity. |