The Story of Alexander Graham Bell (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.
Director:
Irving Cummings
Writer:
Lamar Trotti
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Don Ameche as Alexander Graham Bell |
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Loretta Young as Mrs. Mabel Hubbard Bell |
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Henry Fonda as Thomas Watson |
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Charles Coburn as Gardner Hubbard |
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Gene Lockhart as Thomas Sanders |
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Spring Byington as Mrs. Hubbard |
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Sally Blane as Gertrude Hubbard |
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Polly Ann Young as Grace Hubbard |
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Georgiana Young as Berta Hubbard |
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Bobs Watson as George Sanders |
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Russell Hicks as Mr. Barrows |
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Paul Stanton as Chauncey Smith |
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Jonathan Hale as President of Western Union |
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Harry Davenport as Judge Rider |
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Beryl Mercer as Queen Victoria |
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Elizabeth Patterson as Mrs. MacGregor |
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Charles Trowbridge as George Pollard |
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Jan Duggan as Mrs. Winthrop |
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Claire Du Brey as Landlady |
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Harry Tyler as Joe Eliot |
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Ralph Remley as D'Arcy - Singer |
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Zeffie Tilbury as Mrs. Sanders |
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Jack Kelly as Banker's Son (uncredited) |
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Esther Brodelet as Telephone Operator |
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Tyler Brooke as Mr. Calhoun |
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Nora Cecil as Miss Jenkins |
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Davison Clark as Court Attendant at Door |
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Dick Elliott as Man Laughing at Demo |
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Edmund Elton as Banker at Demo |
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Fern Emmett as Mac Gregor's Maid |
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Mary Field as Piano Player |
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George Guhl as Mr. Winthrop |
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Otto Hoffman as Pawnbroker |
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Warren Jackson as Tom |
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Frank Jaquet as Edward |
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Sheldon Jett as New England Telephone Company Executive |
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Edward Keane as Banker at Demo |
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Crauford Kent as General |
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Edward LeSaint as Banker at Demonstration |
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Jarold Clifford Lyons as Infant |
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Dave Morris as Telegrapher |
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Ottola Nesmith as Nora |
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Ruth Robinson as Nurse |
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John Graham Spacey as Sir John Cowell |
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Landers Stevens as Manager of New England Telephone Exchange |
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Charles Tannen as Court Clerk |
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William Wagner as |
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Eddy Waller as Storekeeper |
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Jack Walsh as James J. Starrow |
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Lillian West as Sanders' Nurse |
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John Elliott as Banker at Demo |
| Writing | Ray Harris | Story |
| Writing | Lamar Trotti | Screenplay |
| Directing | Irving Cummings | Director |
| Production | Darryl F. Zanuck | Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Royer | Costume Design |
| Editing | Walter Thompson | Editor |
| Art | Mark-Lee Kirk | Art Direction |
| Art | Richard Day | Art Direction |
| Art | Thomas Little | Set Decoration |
| Camera | Leon Shamroy | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Louis Silvers | Music Director |
| Production | Kenneth Macgowan | Associate Producer |
| Directing | Ad Schaumer | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Ernst Toch | Original Music Composer |
