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The Story of Alexander Graham Bell (1939)

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.
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Irving Cummings profile
Irving Cummings

Director

Lamar Trotti profile
Lamar Trotti

Screenplay

Cast

Don Ameche profile
Don Ameche

Alexander Graham Bell

Loretta Young profile
Loretta Young

Mrs. Mabel Hubbard Bell

Henry Fonda profile
Henry Fonda

Thomas Watson

Charles Coburn profile
Charles Coburn

Gardner Hubbard

Gene Lockhart profile
Gene Lockhart

Thomas Sanders

Spring Byington profile
Spring Byington

Mrs. Hubbard

Sally Blane profile
Sally Blane

Gertrude Hubbard

Polly Ann Young profile
Polly Ann Young

Grace Hubbard

Georgiana Young profile
Georgiana Young

Berta Hubbard

Bobs Watson profile
Bobs Watson

George Sanders

Russell Hicks profile
Russell Hicks

Mr. Barrows

Paul Stanton profile
Paul Stanton

Chauncey Smith

Don Ameche profile
Don Ameche

Alexander Graham Bell

Loretta Young profile
Loretta Young

Mrs. Mabel Hubbard Bell

Henry Fonda profile
Henry Fonda

Thomas Watson

Charles Coburn profile
Charles Coburn

Gardner Hubbard

Gene Lockhart profile
Gene Lockhart

Thomas Sanders

Spring Byington profile
Spring Byington

Mrs. Hubbard

Sally Blane profile
Sally Blane

Gertrude Hubbard

Polly Ann Young profile
Polly Ann Young

Grace Hubbard

Georgiana Young profile
Georgiana Young

Berta Hubbard

Bobs Watson profile
Bobs Watson

George Sanders

Russell Hicks profile
Russell Hicks

Mr. Barrows

Paul Stanton profile
Paul Stanton

Chauncey Smith

Extra

Release Date

April 4, 1939

Original Language

English

Budget

$0.00

Production Company

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