The Story of Alexander Graham Bell (1939)
Darryl F. Zanuck's Entertainment gem will take its place in the Hall of Fame !
98 min
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
- April 4, 1939
- Country of origin
- United States
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Trailer
Cast
- 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
- Ralph Remley as D'Arcy - Singer
- Zeffie Tilbury as Mrs. Sanders
- Jack Kelly as Banker's Son (uncredited)
- Tyler Brooke as Mr. Calhoun
- Nora Cecil as Miss Jenkins
- Davison Clark as Court Attendant at Door
- Dick Elliott as Man Laughing at Demo
- Edmund Elton as Banker at Demo
- Fern Emmett as Mac Gregor's Maid
Crew
- Irving Cummings · Director
- Ray Harris · Writer
- Lamar Trotti · Writer
- Darryl F. Zanuck · Producer
- Leon Shamroy · Cinematographer
- Walter Thompson · Editor