The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
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.
Release Date:
1939-04-04
Runtime:
98 minutes
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Starring:
Don Ameche
as Alexander Graham Bell
Loretta Young
as Mrs. Mabel Hubbard Bell
Henry Fonda
as Thomas Watson
Charles Coburn
as Gardner Hubbard
Gene Lockhart
as Thomas Sanders
Spring Byington
as Mrs. Hubbard
Sally Blane
as Gertrude Hubbard
Polly Ann Young
as Grace Hubbard
Georgiana Young
as Berta Hubbard
Bobs Watson
as George Sanders
Russell Hicks
as Mr. Barrows
Paul Stanton
as Chauncey Smith
Jonathan Hale
as President of Western Union
Harry Davenport
as Judge Rider
Beryl Mercer
as Queen Victoria
Elizabeth Patterson
as Mrs. MacGregor
Charles Trowbridge
as George Pollard
Jan Duggan
as Mrs. Winthrop
Claire Du Brey
as Landlady
Harry Tyler
as Joe Eliot
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Ralph Remley
as D'Arcy - Singer
Zeffie Tilbury
as Mrs. Sanders
Jack Kelly
as Banker's Son (uncredited)
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Esther Brodelet
as Telephone Operator
Tyler Brooke
as Mr. Calhoun
Nora Cecil
as Miss Jenkins
Davison Clark
as Court Attendant at Door
Dick Elliott
as Man Laughing at Demo
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Edmund Elton
as Banker at Demo
Fern Emmett
as Mac Gregor's Maid