The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
“Darryl F. Zanuck's Entertainment gem will take its place in the Hall of Fame !”
1939•NR•1h 38m•6.3•Released
DramaHistory
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.
Director
Irving Cummings
Writer
Lamar Trotti
Languages
English
Studio
20th Century Fox
Cast
Don Ameche
Alexander Graham Bell
Loretta Young
Mrs. Mabel Hubbard Bell
Henry Fonda
Thomas Watson
Charles Coburn
Gardner Hubbard
Gene Lockhart
Thomas Sanders
Spring Byington
Mrs. Hubbard
Sally Blane
Gertrude Hubbard
Polly Ann Young
Grace Hubbard
Georgiana Young
Berta Hubbard
Bobs Watson
George Sanders
Russell Hicks
Mr. Barrows
Paul Stanton
Chauncey Smith
Jonathan Hale
President of Western Union
Harry Davenport
Judge Rider
Beryl Mercer
Queen Victoria
Production
Company
20th Century Fox
Producer
Darryl F. Zanuck
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