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The Story of Alexander Graham Bell

1939 • 1h38m Drama, History

Rating

6.2/10

Popularity

1

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.

Details

Director

Irving Cummings

Screenplay

Lamar Trotti

Cast

Don Ameche

Loretta Young

Henry Fonda

Release date

4/4/1939

Status

Released

Origin country

US

Vote count

18