The Story of Alexander Graham Bell (1939)

Movie Details

Original Title The Story of Alexander Graham Bell

Original Language EN

Status Released

Popularity 0.4

Cast

Don Ameche

Alexander Graham Bell

Popularity: 0.8

Loretta Young

Mrs. Mabel Hubbard Bell

Popularity: 2.0

Henry Fonda

Thomas Watson

Popularity: 2.6

Charles Coburn

Gardner Hubbard

Popularity: 0.8

Gene Lockhart

Thomas Sanders

Popularity: 0.5

Spring Byington

Mrs. Hubbard

Popularity: 1.0

Sally Blane

Gertrude Hubbard

Popularity: 2.3

Polly Ann Young

Grace Hubbard

Popularity: 0.2

Georgiana Young

Berta Hubbard

Popularity: 0.1

Bobs Watson

George Sanders

Popularity: 0.6

Russell Hicks

Mr. Barrows

Popularity: 0.2

Paul Stanton

Chauncey Smith

Popularity: 0.3

Key Crew

Screenplay Lamar Trotti

Director Irving Cummings

Producer Darryl F. Zanuck

Editor Walter Thompson

Production

20th Century Fox

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Keywords

inventor telephone biography historical figure

Reviews from TMDB

CinemaSerf 6/10

Jun 22, 2022

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 p ... Read more

tmcd77 4/10

Nov 3, 2024

Worth a watch once, but that's it. The reason for watching, the invention of the Telephone, is largely glossed over and background noise. The main thrust of this story is a little too Mills & Boon, Bell falling in love with the deaf daughter of one of his backers. Very much an aged Romantic Drama of ... Read more