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