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The Story of Alexander Graham Bell

NR

1939

98 minutes

DramaHistory

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 Cast

Don Ameche headshot

Don Ameche

Alexander Graham Bell

Loretta Young headshot

Loretta Young

Mrs. Mabel Hubbard Bell

Henry Fonda headshot

Henry Fonda

Thomas Watson

Charles Coburn headshot

Charles Coburn

Gardner Hubbard

Gene Lockhart headshot

Gene Lockhart

Thomas Sanders

Spring Byington headshot

Spring Byington

Mrs. Hubbard

Sally Blane headshot

Sally Blane

Gertrude Hubbard

Polly Ann Young headshot

Polly Ann Young

Grace Hubbard

Georgiana Young headshot

Georgiana Young

Berta Hubbard

Bobs Watson headshot

Bobs Watson

George Sanders

Russell Hicks headshot

Russell Hicks

Mr. Barrows

Paul Stanton headshot

Paul Stanton

Chauncey Smith

Jonathan Hale headshot

Jonathan Hale

President of Western Union

Harry Davenport headshot

Harry Davenport

Judge Rider

Beryl Mercer headshot

Beryl Mercer

Queen Victoria

Elizabeth Patterson headshot

Elizabeth Patterson

Mrs. MacGregor

Charles Trowbridge headshot

Charles Trowbridge

George Pollard

Jan Duggan headshot

Jan Duggan

Mrs. Winthrop

Claire Du Brey headshot

Claire Du Brey

Landlady

Harry Tyler headshot

Harry Tyler

Joe Eliot

Ralph Remley headshot

Ralph Remley

D'Arcy - Singer

Zeffie Tilbury headshot

Zeffie Tilbury

Mrs. Sanders

Jack Kelly headshot

Jack Kelly

Banker's Son (uncredited)

Esther Brodelet headshot

Esther Brodelet

Telephone Operator

Tyler Brooke headshot

Tyler Brooke

Mr. Calhoun

Nora Cecil headshot

Nora Cecil

Miss Jenkins

Davison Clark headshot

Davison Clark

Court Attendant at Door

Dick Elliott headshot

Dick Elliott

Man Laughing at Demo

Edmund Elton headshot

Edmund Elton

Banker at Demo

Fern Emmett headshot

Fern Emmett

Mac Gregor's Maid

Mary Field headshot

Mary Field

Piano Player

George Guhl headshot

George Guhl

Mr. Winthrop

Otto Hoffman headshot

Otto Hoffman

Pawnbroker

Warren Jackson headshot

Warren Jackson

Tom

Frank Jaquet headshot

Frank Jaquet

Edward

Sheldon Jett headshot

Sheldon Jett

New England Telephone Company Executive

Edward Keane headshot

Edward Keane

Banker at Demo

Crauford Kent headshot

Crauford Kent

General

Edward LeSaint headshot

Edward LeSaint

Banker at Demonstration

Jarold Clifford Lyons headshot

Jarold Clifford Lyons

Infant

Dave Morris headshot

Dave Morris

Telegrapher

Ottola Nesmith headshot

Ottola Nesmith

Nora

Ruth Robinson headshot

Ruth Robinson

Nurse

John Graham Spacey headshot

John Graham Spacey

Sir John Cowell

Landers Stevens headshot

Landers Stevens

Manager of New England Telephone Exchange

Charles Tannen headshot

Charles Tannen

Court Clerk

William Wagner headshot

William Wagner

Eddy Waller headshot

Eddy Waller

Storekeeper

Jack Walsh headshot

Jack Walsh

James J. Starrow

Lillian West headshot

Lillian West

Sanders' Nurse

John Elliott headshot

John Elliott

Banker at Demo