Most Similar Movies to Edison, the Man (1940)
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The Story of Alexander Graham Bell (1939), Young Tom Edison (1940), Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988), The Stratton Story (1949), Madame Curie (1943), The Miracle Worker (1962), The Pride of the Yankees (1942) ... Let's take a look at the following list...
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell (1939)
The story of how Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone.
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Young Tom Edison (1940)
Inventor Thomas Edison's boyhood is chronicled and shows him as a lad whose early inventions and scientific experiments usually end up causing disastrous results. As a result, the towns folk all think Tom is crazy, and 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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Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988)
The story of Preston Tucker, the maverick car designer and his ill-fated challenge to the auto industry with his revolutionary car concept.
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The Stratton Story (1949)
Inspired by his wife (June Allyson) and son, Chicago White Soxer Monty Stratton (James Stewart) pitches with an artificial leg.
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Madame Curie (1943)
Despite himself, accomplished physicist and avowed bachelor Pierre Curie falls for brilliant student Marie, and together they embark on the discovery of radium.
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The Miracle Worker (1962)
The story of Anne Sullivan's struggle to teach the blind and deaf Helen Keller how to communicate.
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The Pride of the Yankees (1942)
The story of the life and career of famed baseball player Lou Gehrig.
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Coal Miner's Daughter (1980)
Biographical story of the legendary country singer's rise from humble, poverty-stricken beginnings in Kentucky to worldwide superstardom and how she changed the sound and style of country music forever.
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Blossoms in the Dust (1941)
After losing her young son, Edna Gladney opposes the unfair laws discriminating against children whose parents are unknown, and opens an orphanage for those children.
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Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius (2004)
Jim Caviezel stars as golf legend Bobby Jones, the icon who retired from competition at the tender age of 28.
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Jolson Sings Again (1949)
In this sequel to The Jolson Story, we pick up the singer's career just as he has returned to the stage after a premature retirement. But his wife has left him and the appeal of the spotlight isn't what it used to be. This time Jolson trades in the stage for life in the fast lane: women, horses, travel. It takes the death of Moma Yoelson and World War II to bring Jols...Read all
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Temple Grandin (2010)
The scientist (Claire Danes) becomes an advocate for autistics and the humane treatment of livestock.
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The Pride of St. Louis (1952)
The story of Jerome "Dizzy" Dean, a major-league baseball pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals and Chicago Cubs in the 1930s and 1940s.
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The Current War: Director's Cut (2019)
The dramatic story of the cutthroat race between electricity titans Thomas A. Edison and George Westinghouse to determine whose electrical system would power the modern world.
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The Story of Louis Pasteur (1936)
Singing star loses his voice, recuperates in the country, meets aspiring playwright and her daughter.
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I'll Cry Tomorrow (1955)
This acclaimed biopic tells the cautionary tale of Broadway star Lillian Roth (Susan Hayward), who by the age of 20 has risen to fame due to the efforts of her pushy mother. Though a success on stage, Lillian has her hopes of happiness dashed when her fiancé dies tragically, and responds to her loss by drinking. Alcoholism and a string of failed marriages destroy Lillian's career and ultimately leave her destitute. After a brush with death, however, Lillian resolves to return to the spotlight.
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Pride of the Marines (1945)
Marine hero Al Schmid is blinded in battle and returns home to be rehabilitated. He readjusts to his civilian life with the help of his soon to be wife.
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Man of a Thousand Faces (1957)
The life and career of vaudevillian and silent screen horror star Lon Chaney, including his contentious relationship with his neurotic wife and his premature death.
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