The Story of Alexander Graham Bell

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Apr 14 1939 Approved 1h 38m
Biography, Drama, History

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.

Plot

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.

Written by

Ray Harris, Lamar Trotti, Boris Ingster

Directed by

Irving Cummings

Cast

Don Ameche, Loretta Young, Henry Fonda

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Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

20th Century Fox

Languages

English

Awards

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