The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
Darryl F. Zanuck's Entertainment gem will take its place in the Hall of Fame !
1939 · 1h 38m · Approved
Drama, History
Directed by
Irving Cummings
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.
Director and cast
- Irving Cummings Director
- 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
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