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The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
1939 6.0 (17 votes) 1h 38m
Genres
Drama History
Production Companies
20th Century Fox

The Story of Alexander Graham Bell

Darryl F. Zanuck's Entertainment gem will take its place in the Hall of Fame !

Overview

Alexander Graham Bell falls in love with deaf girl Mabel Hubbard while teaching the deaf and trying to invent means for telegraphing the human voice. She urges him to put off thoughts of marriage until his experiments are complete. He invents the telephone, marries and becomes rich and famous, though his happiness is threatened when a rival company sets out to ruin him.

Key Crew

Story: Ray Harris

Screenplay: Lamar Trotti

Director: Irving Cummings

Producer: Darryl F. Zanuck

Director of Photography: Leon Shamroy

Top Cast

Don Ameche
Don Ameche

Alexander Graham Bell

Loretta Young
Loretta Young

Mrs. Mabel Hubbard Bell

Henry Fonda
Henry Fonda

Thomas Watson

Charles Coburn
Charles Coburn

Gardner Hubbard

Gene Lockhart
Gene Lockhart

Thomas Sanders

Spring Byington
Spring Byington

Mrs. Hubbard

Sally Blane
Sally Blane

Gertrude Hubbard

Polly Ann Young
Polly Ann Young

Grace Hubbard

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