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The Story of Alexander Graham Bell

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6.0/10 • 17

1939-04-041h 38m

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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.

Directors
Irving Cummings
Editors
Walter Thompson

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  1. Don Ameche

    Don Ameche

    Alexander Graham Bell

  2. Loretta Young

    Loretta Young

    Mrs. Mabel Hubbard Bell

  3. Henry Fonda

    Henry Fonda

    Thomas Watson

  4. Charles Coburn

    Charles Coburn

    Gardner Hubbard

  5. Gene Lockhart

    Gene Lockhart

    Thomas Sanders

  6. Spring Byington

    Spring Byington

    Mrs. Hubbard

  7. Sally Blane

    Sally Blane

    Gertrude Hubbard

  8. Polly Ann Young

    Polly Ann Young

    Grace Hubbard

  9. Georgiana Young

    Georgiana Young

    Berta Hubbard

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CinemaSerf

Jun 22, 2022

6/10

Don Ameche takes the title role in this biopic of the Boston-based Scotsman credited with the invention of the telephone, and he does bring a certain passion to an otherwise rather procedural drama. The story traces the development of his experiments with his friend Thomas Watson (Henry Fonda) and parallels with his budding romance with Mabel (Loretta Young) and for much of the time, it rather uncomfortably straddles the line between science and melodrama. The last twenty minutes - including a visit to Queen Victoria and a court case to establish the legitimacy of his patents, livens the thing up a bit and the supporting cast of Charles Coburn and Gene Lockhart add value, but it needed to focus more of the reason we know of the man, and of the huge significance of his technological advancement. Worth a watch for Ameche's performance, still, though.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
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Revenue
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Keywords
inventortelephonebiographyhistorical figure