The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
Release: 1939-04-04
·Runtime: 98m
·★ 6.0
Drama
History
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.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
20th Century Fox
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Charles Coburn
as Gardner Hubbard
Spring Byington
as Mrs. Hubbard
Bobs Watson
as George Sanders
Elizabeth Patterson
as Mrs. MacGregor
Jan Duggan
as Mrs. Winthrop
Jack Kelly
as Banker's Son (uncredited)
Harry Davenport
as Judge Rider
Tyler Brooke
as Mr. Calhoun
Crauford Kent
as General
Dave Morris
as Telegrapher
Landers Stevens
as Manager of New England Telephone Exchange
Georgiana Young
as Berta Hubbard
Russell Hicks
as Mr. Barrows
Jonathan Hale
as President of Western Union
Davison Clark
as Court Attendant at Door
Dick Elliott
as Man Laughing at Demo
George Guhl
as Mr. Winthrop
Edward Keane
as Banker at Demo
Gene Lockhart
as Thomas Sanders
Polly Ann Young
as Grace Hubbard
Charles Tannen
as Court Clerk
Eddy Waller
as Storekeeper
Lillian West
as Sanders' Nurse
Loretta Young
as Mrs. Mabel Hubbard Bell
Paul Stanton
as Chauncey Smith
Sally Blane
as Gertrude Hubbard
Beryl Mercer
as Queen Victoria
Fern Emmett
as Mac Gregor's Maid
Otto Hoffman
as Pawnbroker
Charles Trowbridge
as George Pollard
Claire Du Brey
as Landlady
Harry Tyler
as Joe Eliot
Edward LeSaint
as Banker at Demonstration
Ottola Nesmith
as Nora
Zeffie Tilbury
as Mrs. Sanders
Nora Cecil
as Miss Jenkins
John Elliott
as Banker at Demo
Don Ameche
as Alexander Graham Bell
Henry Fonda
as Thomas Watson
