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The Story of Alexander Graham Bell

Genres
Drama
History
Rating
6.2
StatusReleased
LanguagesEnglish
CountriesUnited States of America
Release Date1939-04-04
Runtime98 mins

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.

Cast & Crew

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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

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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

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