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1939

The Story of Alexander Graham Bell

Directed by Irving Cummings
Darryl F. Zanuck's Entertainment gem will take its place in the Hall of Fame !

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.

Duration

1h 38m

Released

April 4, 1939

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Cast51

  • Don Ameche
  • Loretta Young
  • Henry Fonda
  • Charles Coburn
  • Gene Lockhart
  • Spring Byington
  • Sally Blane
  • Polly Ann Young
  • Georgiana Young

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