CinemaOSMovie · 1939 · 1h 38m · NR
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell

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

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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.

Directed byIrving Cummings

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 38m
Language
EN
Released
April 4, 1939
Studios
20th Century Fox

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Premiere of "The Story of Alexander Graham Bell" (1939)

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Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring
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

Creative team
Directed by
Irving Cummings
Irving Cummings
Written by
Ray Harris
Lamar Trotti
Lamar Trotti
Produced by
Darryl F. Zanuck
Darryl F. Zanuck

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