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The Story of Alexander Graham Bell

Drama | History

6.0

Release Date

April 4, 1939

Duration

98 min

Status

Released

Language

en

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.

Casts

Don Ameche

Alexander Graham Bell

Don Ameche

Loretta Young

Mrs. Mabel Hubbard Bell

Loretta Young

Henry Fonda

Thomas Watson

Henry Fonda

Charles Coburn

Gardner Hubbard

Charles Coburn

Gene Lockhart

Thomas Sanders

Gene Lockhart

Spring Byington

Mrs. Hubbard

Spring Byington

Sally Blane

Gertrude Hubbard

Sally Blane

Polly Ann Young

Grace Hubbard

Polly Ann Young

Georgiana Young

Berta Hubbard

Georgiana Young

Bobs Watson

George Sanders

Bobs Watson

Russell Hicks

Mr. Barrows

Russell Hicks

Paul Stanton

Chauncey Smith

Paul Stanton

Jonathan Hale

President of Western Union

Jonathan Hale

Harry Davenport

Judge Rider

Harry Davenport

Beryl Mercer

Queen Victoria

Beryl Mercer

Elizabeth Patterson

Mrs. MacGregor

Elizabeth Patterson

Charles Trowbridge

George Pollard

Charles Trowbridge

Jan Duggan

Mrs. Winthrop

Jan Duggan

Claire Du Brey

Landlady

Claire Du Brey

Harry Tyler

Joe Eliot

Harry Tyler

Ralph Remley

D'Arcy - Singer

Ralph Remley

Zeffie Tilbury

Mrs. Sanders

Zeffie Tilbury

Jack Kelly

Banker's Son (uncredited)

Jack Kelly

Esther Brodelet

Telephone Operator

Esther Brodelet

Tyler Brooke

Mr. Calhoun

Tyler Brooke

Nora Cecil

Miss Jenkins

Nora Cecil

Davison Clark

Court Attendant at Door

Davison Clark

Dick Elliott

Man Laughing at Demo

Dick Elliott

Edmund Elton

Banker at Demo

Edmund Elton

Fern Emmett

Mac Gregor's Maid

Fern Emmett

Mary Field

Piano Player

Mary Field

George Guhl

Mr. Winthrop

George Guhl

Otto Hoffman

Pawnbroker

Otto Hoffman

Warren Jackson

Tom

Warren Jackson

Frank Jaquet

Edward

Frank Jaquet

Sheldon Jett

New England Telephone Company Executive

Sheldon Jett

Edward Keane

Banker at Demo

Edward Keane

Crauford Kent

General

Crauford Kent

Edward LeSaint

Banker at Demonstration

Edward LeSaint

Jarold Clifford Lyons

Infant

Jarold Clifford Lyons

Dave Morris

Telegrapher

Dave Morris

Ottola Nesmith

Nora

Ottola Nesmith

Ruth Robinson

Nurse

Ruth Robinson

John Graham Spacey

Sir John Cowell

John Graham Spacey

Landers Stevens

Manager of New England Telephone Exchange

Landers Stevens

Charles Tannen

Court Clerk

Charles Tannen

William Wagner

William Wagner

Eddy Waller

Storekeeper

Eddy Waller

Jack Walsh

James J. Starrow

Jack Walsh

Lillian West

Sanders' Nurse

Lillian West

John Elliott

Banker at Demo

John Elliott

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