Drama ·History · United States of America · 1939 · 1h 38m

The Story of Alexander Graham Bell

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Director
Irving Cummings
Cast
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
Crew
Leon Shamroy — Director of Photography Walter Thompson — Editor Ernst Toch — Original Music Composer Lamar Trotti — Screenplay Ray Harris — Story Darryl F. Zanuck — Producer
Tagline

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

Synopsis

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.

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Mood & Themes
inventortelephonebiographyhistorical figure
Key Collaborators
Irving Cummings Director Leon Shamroy Director of Photography Walter Thompson Editor Ernst Toch Original Music Composer Lamar Trotti Screenplay Ray Harris Story Darryl F. Zanuck Producer Royer Costume Design
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