The Story of Alexander Graham Bell

The Story of Alexander Graham Bell

98 mins | Drama, History | April 4, 1939

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.

The Story of Alexander Graham Bell

98 mins | Drama, History | April 4, 1939

The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
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.
IMDb rating 7.0
Producers 20th Century Fox
Original title The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
Directors Irving Cummings
Writers Ray Harris, Lamar Trotti

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

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

Ralph Remley

as D'Arcy - Singer

Zeffie Tilbury

as Mrs. Sanders

Jack Kelly

as Banker's Son (uncredited)

Esther Brodelet

as Telephone Operator

Tyler Brooke

as Mr. Calhoun

Nora Cecil

as Miss Jenkins

Davison Clark

as Court Attendant at Door

Dick Elliott

as Man Laughing at Demo

Edmund Elton

as Banker at Demo

Fern Emmett

as Mac Gregor's Maid

Mary Field

as Piano Player

George Guhl

as Mr. Winthrop

Otto Hoffman

as Pawnbroker

Frank Jaquet

as Edward

Sheldon Jett

as New England Telephone Company Executive

Edward Keane

as Banker at Demo

Crauford Kent

as General

Edward LeSaint

as Banker at Demonstration

Dave Morris

as Telegrapher

Ottola Nesmith

as Nora

Ruth Robinson

as Nurse

John Graham Spacey

as Sir John Cowell

Landers Stevens

as Manager of New England Telephone Exchange

Charles Tannen

as Court Clerk

Eddy Waller

as Storekeeper

Jack Walsh

as James J. Starrow

Lillian West

as Sanders' Nurse

John Elliott

as Banker at Demo