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O Jovem Thomas Edison

Título original: Young Tom Edison
  • 1940
  • Approved
  • 1 h 26 min
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Mickey Rooney in O Jovem Thomas Edison (1940)
Inventor Thomas Edison's boyhood is chronicled showing him as a lad whose early inventions and experiments usually end up causing disastrous results. The towns folk all think Tom is crazy, creating a strained relationship between Tom and his father. Toms only solace is his understanding mother who believes he's headed to do great things.
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Adicionar um enredo no seu idiomaSince he was a child, Thomas Alba Edison began carrying out his first chemical experiments in the basement of his house. In addition, he had to practice multiple occupations before he could ... Ler tudoSince he was a child, Thomas Alba Edison began carrying out his first chemical experiments in the basement of his house. In addition, he had to practice multiple occupations before he could register his first patent.Since he was a child, Thomas Alba Edison began carrying out his first chemical experiments in the basement of his house. In addition, he had to practice multiple occupations before he could register his first patent.

  • Direção
    • Norman Taurog
  • Roteiristas
    • Bradbury Foote
    • Dore Schary
    • Hugo Butler
  • Artistas
    • Mickey Rooney
    • Fay Bainter
    • George Bancroft
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  • AVALIAÇÃO DA IMDb
    6,8/10
    1,3 mil
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    • Direção
      • Norman Taurog
    • Roteiristas
      • Bradbury Foote
      • Dore Schary
      • Hugo Butler
    • Artistas
      • Mickey Rooney
      • Fay Bainter
      • George Bancroft
    • 16Avaliações de usuários
    • 6Avaliações da crítica
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    Mickey Rooney
    Mickey Rooney
    • Thomas Alva 'Tom' Edison
    Fay Bainter
    Fay Bainter
    • Mrs. Samuel 'Nancy' Edison
    George Bancroft
    George Bancroft
    • Samuel 'Sam' Edison
    Virginia Weidler
    Virginia Weidler
    • Tannie Edison
    Eugene Pallette
    Eugene Pallette
    • Mr. Nelson
    Victor Kilian
    Victor Kilian
    • Mr. Dingle
    Bobby Jordan
    Bobby Jordan
    • Joe 'Joey' Dingle
    • (as Bobbie Jordan)
    J.M. Kerrigan
    J.M. Kerrigan
    • Mr. McCarney
    Lloyd Corrigan
    Lloyd Corrigan
    • Dr. Pender
    John Kellogg
    John Kellogg
    • Bill Edison
    Clem Bevans
    Clem Bevans
    • Mr. Waddell
    Eily Malyon
    Eily Malyon
    • Miss Lavina Howard, School Teacher
    Harry Shannon
    Harry Shannon
    • Army Captain Brackett
    Ernie Adams
    Ernie Adams
    • Passenger Buying Maple Sugar
    • (não creditado)
    Maude Allen
    • Woman Fainting at Downed Bridge
    • (não creditado)
    Jessie Arnold
    Jessie Arnold
    • Woman at Station
    • (não creditado)
    Gertrude Astor
    Gertrude Astor
    • Train Passenger
    • (não creditado)
    Polly Bailey
    • Woman at Station
    • (não creditado)
    • Direção
      • Norman Taurog
    • Roteiristas
      • Bradbury Foote
      • Dore Schary
      • Hugo Butler
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    7utgard14

    "You're not only addled, you're tetched."

    Mickey Rooney stars as the teenaged Thomas Edison in this wonderfully entertaining MGM biopic. The movie covers the young inventor's struggles to fit in with a town full of people who don't understand him. He makes mistakes but proves his worth and ultimately becomes a hero.

    Rooney is his usual likable self. He tones his high energy down some and shows his dramatic skills. He really was a phenomenal star and a great actor. Superb supporting cast includes Fay Bainter and George Bancroft as Edison's parents, Virginia Weidler as his sister, and Eugene Palette as a railroad conductor. I really like the MGM sets and the 19th century American style. Lovely music, pleasant tone, and good cast. Script is a nice mix of humor, drama, and action.

    This is the first of two MGM biopics of Edison released in 1940. The other is Edison, the Man starring Spencer Tracy. That movie covers Edison's adult years so it's like a sequel to this picture. Both are excellent. These old biopics were usually solid, uplifting character-driven stories. Yes they take liberties with the details but the more cynical defamatory biopics we get these days do the same. I'll take an inspirational biography that builds people up and leaves you with the warm fuzzies over some deconstructionist tabloid trash any day.
    5wes-connors

    Spare the Rod and Spoil the Inventor

    MGM opens the first film in the studio's Edison biography project by promising, "This is a story of courage. The courage and triumph of a typical American boy. In all its essential facts, it is a true story. The boy actually did experience the adventures - the joys and sorrows portrayed here. His name might have been John Jones or Bill Smith. It happened to be Thomas A. Edison."

    Mickey Rooney plays "Young Tom Edison", and the movie ends with a cameo appearance by Spencer Tracy, star of "Edison, the Man" (released shortly). They weren't much like Thomas Edison or each other, but Mr. Rooney and Mr. Tracy were the #1 and #2 "Box Office" stars of 1940, according to Quigley Publications - so, these films were both very well-produced.

    "Young Tom Edison" focuses on the Edison family (who disappear for the Tracy film): likewise precocious little sister Virginia Weidler (as Tannie), misunderstanding father George Bancroft (as Sam), and mysteriously ailing mother Fay Bainter (as Nancy). Rooney's adversary is "Dead End Kid" Bobby Jordan (as Joseph "Joe" Dingle), who gets repeatedly gets kicked in the shins.

    In the strangest scene, Ms. Bainter pretends to take over the beating of her sixteen-year-old son while his proud father listens to Rooney's painful cries. Later, gravel-voiced train conductor Eugene Palette (as Nelson) smacks Rooney so hard he develops an earache. Doctor Lloyd Corrigan says, "Sometimes there's nothing like a good box in the ears to sharpen a boy's senses."

    Edison subsequently suffered from deafness.

    ***** Young Tom Edison (2/10/40) Norman Taurog ~ Mickey Rooney, Virginia Weidler, Fay Bainter, George Bancroft
    4jfarms1956

    Young Tom Edison stars Mickey Rooney.

    This is a good family movie. Young Tom Edison stars Mickey Rooney. Mickey Rooney's character seem little different than Andy Hardy in his Andy Hardy flicks. Young Tom Edison is probably best enjoyed in the afternoon with the family. It depicts a mischievous young Thomas Edison, the wizard of Menlo Park, as a curious youngster getting into trouble because of his curiosity and boyhood charm. Parents need to realize that their young children, although mischievous, might grow up to be a real genius, inventor, or provide humanity something important to use. The children might realize that anything is still possible in their life, although they might have a rocky start. True curiosity is the most important step in order to do anything important. Unfortunately, the film is in black and white, which was standard in the 40s. Maybe, it should be redone in color. Enjoy and pop some popcorn.
    Art-22

    A good account of Edison's early life, with Mickey Rooney in top form.

    Like most people, I have always been an admirer of Thomas Alva Edison, probably the most prolific inventor of all time. But as I watched the movie, I wondered how much of it was fabricated. According to the world book encyclopedia, pretty much all of the incidents depicted in the movie happened, although some of the time frames were changed to allow Mickey Rooney to play the part throughout the film. And Rooney, always a very underrated actor, is terrific. With very good support from Fay Bainter, Virginia Weidler and George Bancroft as members of Edison's family, this is a film easily enjoyed by everyone. And look for a cameo by Spencer Tracy, who already had been cast in the sequel, "Edison, the Man (1940)," which was in production when this film was released.
    10lugonian

    Edison: The Early Years

    YOUNG TOM EDISON (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1940), directed by Norman Taurog, is an fact-based screen retelling of the boyhood years of one of the true greats in American history, Thomas Edison. As suggested by its opening passage, "This is a story of courage, the courage and triumph of a typical American boy. In all its essential facts, it is a true story. The boy actually did experience the adventures - the joys and sorrows portrayed here. His name might have been John Jones or Bill Smith. It happens to be Thomas Alva Edison." Rather than relying on sources covering Edison's entire life from birth in Milan, Ohio (1847) to death (1931), the screenplay, consisting of material by Harlan Dowry, which often plays like segments listed from Mark Twain's beloved character, "Tom Sawyer," the story as scripted deals mostly with Tom Edison of Port Huron, Michigan, a boy genius and the early life as he lived it.

    While the screenplay does toy a bit about the facts, overlooking the Edisons having seven children with Tom being the youngest, the narrative introduces Samuel Edison (George Bancroft), a hard-working husband; Nancy (Fay Bainter), his wife and former schoolteacher in Canada; Bill (John Kellogg), his elder son whose character is least interesting and under developed; Tannie (Virginia Weidler), the youngest daughter; while young Tom Edison (Mickey Rooney) is portrayed as the middle child While Tom is portrayed as a misunderstood 16-year-old who's irresponsible and accident prone, it's his love for science that actually stands in the way him having a normal childhood. Tom may be different from the other children but is very special in the eyes of both his mother and sister. Then there's Mr. Edison who not only constantly tells Tom, "Take your hands out of your pockets," but fails to find time and patience to accept him for what he is. Classified as slow and stupid by his spinster schoolteacher (Eily Malyon), Tom's also the laughing stock by most, especially his classmates, namely Joe Dingle (Bobby Jordan), a school bully and son of a local hardware store owner (Victor Kilian). Portions of the story depict Tom's heroism by saving the life of a station master's (J.M. Kerrigan) little boy (Richard Nichols) from an oncoming train; Tom earning a living by selling candy and newspapers on a train under Mr. Nelson (Eugene Palette), the conductor; Tom having to carefully dispose of nitroglycerin on a train full of people; and his expert knowledge sending messages through Morse Code. Because of situations beyond his control, Tom loses both job and respect from those around him, causing him to believe those accusations made against him.

    As much as these episodic situations take place during the course of a few years, it gives every indication of it set during the course of a few weeks. Whether the screenplay is true or not, whether Rooney physically resembles Tom Edison or not really doesn't matter much for that YOUNG TOM EDISON is a great film. Once seen, its hard to forget these standout scenes: the development of Tom's inventive mind brought forth by some clever devises; tender moments of family togetherness as the Edison's gather around the piano singing to the much underscored "Sweet Genevieve"; Tom finger rolling his right eye-brow while coming up with a positive solution; Mrs. Edison's motherly advice to her son as any mother could; Tom's despair while walking aimlessly through the rain as he hears in his mind voices of laughter and ridicule following his pleading with local business owners to give him a job; plus the climactic race against time segment as Tom makes every effort to save an oncoming train from danger through some ingenious plan.

    Aside from Rooney's excellent portrayal, Fay Bainter stands out most as the understanding mother while Virginia Weidler gives an unforgettable performance playing Tom's younger sister who repeatedly tells him with amazement, "Gosh, you're smart." George Bancroft with mustache and sideburns should not go without mention playing the stern father. Humor, sentiment and moral lessons in the tradition of Tom Sawyer are thrown in on few occasions, the best being where Tom Edison tricks his way from taking his overshoes and muffler on to his next ventures. With apple pie and milk being his favorite meal simply shows young Tom Edison the all-American boy with a bright future of great inventions ahead of him.

    When YOUNG TOM EDISON played regularly on commercial television prior to the 1980s cable TV generation, usually on Edison's birthday, February 11th, the promotional announcement presented after the film's closing showing Spencer Tracy in forefront of Thomas Edison's portrait as narrator talks about an upcoming sequel, EDISON, THE MAN (1940), was usually omitted. Not until its broadcasts on Turner Classic Movies has this final segment been restored in both 1991 home video distribution and later DVD presentations. Thanks to films such as these does the name and legend of Thomas Alva Edison live on. (****)

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    • Curiosidades
      At the time he starred in this, Mickey Rooney was literally the #1 box office attraction in America, having toppled Shirley Temple from the top spot in 1939. He would spend a total of 3 years atop the Top Ten Box Office Stars list before his appeal began to fade in 1942.
    • Erros de gravação
      When young Tom jumps on the train to sell his maple candy, he tells the first customer the price is "a nickel". The scene takes place in the late 1850s. The first US nickel five cent coin wasn't issued until 1866. (At the time, the only 5¢ coin was a half-dime, a tiny silver coin but not called "a nickel".)
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      Samuel 'Sam' Edison: [Standing with his family, watching Tom's train depart] Once he was known as Sam Edison's son. But now I'm Tom Edison's father, and I like it!

    • Cenas durante ou pós-créditos
      After "The End" title page, a portrait of Tom Edison is displayed and, after some of the inventor's many accomplishments are noted, then the camera pans back to show Spencer Tracy admiring the painting while the narrator announces the forthcoming "Edison, The Man (1940)" biography (featuring Tracy in the title role).
    • Versões alternativas
      Also available in a computer-colorized version.
    • Conexões
      Featured in The Phantom of Hollywood (1974)
    • Trilhas sonoras
      Sweet Genevieve
      Written by George Cooper and Henry Tucker

      Played by Fay Bainter on the organ

      Sung by Virginia Weidler, Mickey Rooney and George Bancroft

      Variations played throughout as part of the score

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    • Data de lançamento
      • 15 de março de 1940 (Estados Unidos da América)
    • País de origem
      • Estados Unidos da América
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      • Inglês
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      • El joven Edison
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