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The Story of Alexander Graham Bell( 1939)

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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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Don Ameche

      Alexander Graham Bell

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      Loretta Young

      Mrs. Mabel Hubbard Bell

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      Henry Fonda

      Thomas Watson

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      Charles Coburn

      Gardner Hubbard

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      Gene Lockhart

      Thomas Sanders

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      Spring Byington

      Mrs. Hubbard

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      Sally Blane

      Gertrude Hubbard

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      Polly Ann Young

      Grace Hubbard

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      Georgiana Young

      Berta Hubbard

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      Bobs Watson

      George Sanders

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      Russell Hicks

      Mr. Barrows

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      Paul Stanton

      Chauncey Smith

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      Jonathan Hale

      President of Western Union

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      Harry Davenport

      Judge Rider

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      Beryl Mercer

      Queen Victoria

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      Elizabeth Patterson

      Mrs. MacGregor

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      Charles Trowbridge

      George Pollard

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      Jan Duggan

      Mrs. Winthrop

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      Claire Du Brey

      Landlady

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      Harry Tyler

      Joe Eliot

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      Ralph Remley

      D'Arcy - Singer

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      Zeffie Tilbury

      Mrs. Sanders

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      Jack Kelly

      Banker's Son (uncredited)

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      Esther Brodelet

      Telephone Operator

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      Tyler Brooke

      Mr. Calhoun

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      Nora Cecil

      Miss Jenkins

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      Davison Clark

      Court Attendant at Door

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      Dick Elliott

      Man Laughing at Demo

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      Edmund Elton

      Banker at Demo

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      Fern Emmett

      Mac Gregor's Maid

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      Mary Field

      Piano Player

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      George Guhl

      Mr. Winthrop

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      Otto Hoffman

      Pawnbroker

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      Warren Jackson

      Tom

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      Frank Jaquet

      Edward

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      Sheldon Jett

      New England Telephone Company Executive

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      Edward Keane

      Banker at Demo

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      Crauford Kent

      General

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      Edward LeSaint

      Banker at Demonstration

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      Jarold Clifford Lyons

      Infant

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      Dave Morris

      Telegrapher

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      Ottola Nesmith

      Nora

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      Ruth Robinson

      Nurse

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      John Graham Spacey

      Sir John Cowell

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      Landers Stevens

      Manager of New England Telephone Exchange

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      Charles Tannen

      Court Clerk

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      William Wagner

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      Eddy Waller

      Storekeeper

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      Jack Walsh

      James J. Starrow

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      Lillian West

      Sanders' Nurse

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      John Elliott

      Banker at Demo

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    A review by CinemaSerf

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    Written by CinemaSerf on Wed Jun 22 2022
    Don Ameche takes the title role in this biopic of the Boston-based Scotsman credited with the invention of the telephone, and he does bring a certain passion to an otherwise rather procedural drama. The story traces the development of his experiments with his friend Thomas Watson (Henry Fonda) and parallels with his budding romance with Mabel (Loretta Young) and for much of the time, it rather uncomfortably straddles the line between science and melodrama. The last twenty minutes - including a visit to Queen Victoria and a court case to establish the legitimacy of his patents, livens the thing ...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

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    Revenue

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    Keywords

    • inventor
    • telephone
    • biography
    • historical figure