I would say that this film should be viewed in school because Edison was a great example not necessarily as an inventor but as a man who doesn't stop believing in his ideas, intuition and inspiration, a true role model of nowadays.
Spencer Tracy was great also, showing the passion in every scene where Edison was thinking and working to put in practice his ideas. Somehow I understand why in real life he stopped believing in the meaning of Oscars, after this picture had only one nomination. And why he shouldn't? The film was the story of one of the greatest inventors of this planet, and he tried to show in his role that Edison, by all of his actions, wasn't after his own interest, but after the progress of our society.
Spencer Tracy was great also, showing the passion in every scene where Edison was thinking and working to put in practice his ideas. Somehow I understand why in real life he stopped believing in the meaning of Oscars, after this picture had only one nomination. And why he shouldn't? The film was the story of one of the greatest inventors of this planet, and he tried to show in his role that Edison, by all of his actions, wasn't after his own interest, but after the progress of our society.