The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
Drama
History
Darryl F. Zanuck's Entertainment gem will take its place in the Hall of Fame !
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.
1939-04-04
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Cast
Director
Irving Cummings
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
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
Fern Emmett as Mac Gregor's Maid
George Guhl as Mr. Winthrop
Otto Hoffman as Pawnbroker
Edward Keane as Banker at Demo
Crauford Kent as General
Edward LeSaint as Banker at Demonstration
Dave Morris as Telegrapher
Ottola Nesmith as Nora
Landers Stevens as Manager of New England Telephone Exchange
Charles Tannen as Court Clerk
Eddy Waller as Storekeeper
Lillian West as Sanders' Nurse
John Elliott as Banker at Demo