The Story of Alexander Graham Bell(1939)

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

60

1h 38m

  • Drama,
  • History

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.

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

  • Georgiana Young

    Georgiana Young

    Berta Hubbard

  • Bobs Watson

    Bobs Watson

    George Sanders

  • Russell Hicks

    Russell Hicks

    Mr. Barrows

  • Paul Stanton

    Paul Stanton

    Chauncey Smith

  • Jonathan Hale

    Jonathan Hale

    President of Western Union

  • Harry Davenport

    Harry Davenport

    Judge Rider

  • Beryl Mercer

    Beryl Mercer

    Queen Victoria

  • Elizabeth Patterson

    Elizabeth Patterson

    Mrs. MacGregor

  • Charles Trowbridge

    Charles Trowbridge

    George Pollard

  • Jan Duggan

    Jan Duggan

    Mrs. Winthrop

  • Claire Du Brey

    Claire Du Brey

    Landlady

  • Harry Tyler

    Harry Tyler

    Joe Eliot

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    Status

    Released (Apr 4, 1939)

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