Movie Description
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.
Featured Crew
- Director : Irving Cummings
- Producer : Darryl F. Zanuck
- Editor : Walter Thompson
- Cast : Don Ameche,Loretta Young,Henry Fonda,Charles Coburn,Gene Lockhart,Spring Byington,Sally Blane,Polly Ann Young,Georgiana Young,Bobs Watson,Russell Hicks,Paul Stanton,Jonathan Hale,Harry Davenport,Beryl Mercer,Elizabeth Patterson,Charles Trowbridge,Jan Duggan,Claire Du Brey,Harry Tyler,Ralph Remley,Zeffie Tilbury,Jack Kelly,Esther Brodelet,Tyler Brooke,Nora Cecil,Davison Clark,Dick Elliott,Edmund Elton,Fern Emmett,Mary Field,George Guhl,Otto Hoffman,Warren Jackson,Frank Jaquet,Sheldon Jett,Edward Keane,Crauford Kent,Edward LeSaint,Jarold Clifford Lyons,Dave Morris,Ottola Nesmith,Ruth Robinson,John Graham Spacey,Landers Stevens,Charles Tannen,William Wagner,Eddy Waller,Jack Walsh,Lillian West,John Elliott
Cast
Alexander Graham Bell
Mrs. Mabel Hubbard Bell
Thomas Watson
Gardner Hubbard
Thomas Sanders
Mrs. Hubbard
Gertrude Hubbard
Grace Hubbard
Berta Hubbard
George Sanders
Mr. Barrows
Chauncey Smith
President of Western Union
Judge Rider
Queen Victoria
Mrs. MacGregor
George Pollard
Mrs. Winthrop
Landlady
Joe Eliot
D'Arcy - Singer
Mrs. Sanders
Banker's Son (uncredited)
Telephone Operator
Mr. Calhoun
Miss Jenkins
Court Attendant at Door
Man Laughing at Demo
Banker at Demo
Mac Gregor's Maid
Piano Player
Mr. Winthrop
Pawnbroker
Tom
Edward
New England Telephone Company Executive
Banker at Demo
General
Banker at Demonstration
Infant
Telegrapher
Nora
Nurse
Sir John Cowell
Manager of New England Telephone Exchange
Court Clerk
Storekeeper
James J. Starrow
Sanders' Nurse
Banker at Demo
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Facts
Original TitleThe Story of Alexander Graham Bell
Status Released
Release Information
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1939-04-04
Original LanguageEnglish
Runtime 01h 38m
Production Companies20th Century Fox
Genres
- Drama
- History
