The Story of Alexander Graham Bell (1939)

The Story of Alexander Graham Bell Poster

1h 38min | Drama, History | Apr 4, 1939 | Released

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.

Director: Irving Cummings

Producer: Darryl F. Zanuck

Writer(s): Lamar Trotti

Story: Ray Harris

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Cast & Crew

Cast (51 Members)

Queen Victoria

Thomas Watson

Mrs. Sanders

Gardner Hubbard

Harry Davenport

Judge Rider

Banker's Son (uncredited)

President of Western Union

Mr. Barrows

Alexander Graham Bell

Spring Byington

Mrs. Hubbard

Banker at Demonstration

Man Laughing at Demo

Thomas Sanders

Landlady

Mr. Calhoun

Elizabeth Patterson

Mrs. MacGregor

Edward

Sanders' Nurse

Mrs. Mabel Hubbard Bell

Mac Gregor's Maid

Polly Ann Young

Grace Hubbard

Charles Trowbridge

George Pollard

Gertrude Hubbard

D'Arcy - Singer

Pawnbroker

Joe Eliot

Nora

Piano Player

Court Clerk

Storekeeper

Landers Stevens

Manager of New England Telephone Exchange

Banker at Demo

Chauncey Smith

Banker at Demo

Telegrapher

George Sanders

Mrs. Winthrop

General

Banker at Demo

Tom

Nurse

Miss Jenkins

New England Telephone Company Executive

Mr. Winthrop

Georgiana Young

Berta Hubbard

Court Attendant at Door

John Graham Spacey

Sir John Cowell

Esther Brodelet

Telephone Operator

Jarold Clifford Lyons

Infant

James J. Starrow

Banker at Demo

Beryl Mercer Queen Victoria

Henry Fonda Thomas Watson

Zeffie Tilbury Mrs. Sanders

Charles Coburn Gardner Hubbard

Harry Davenport Judge Rider

Jack Kelly Banker's Son (uncredited)

Jonathan Hale President of Western Union

Russell Hicks Mr. Barrows

Don Ameche Alexander Graham Bell

Spring Byington Mrs. Hubbard

Edward LeSaint Banker at Demonstration

Dick Elliott Man Laughing at Demo

Gene Lockhart Thomas Sanders

Claire Du Brey Landlady

Tyler Brooke Mr. Calhoun

Elizabeth Patterson Mrs. MacGregor

Frank Jaquet Edward

Lillian West Sanders' Nurse

Loretta Young Mrs. Mabel Hubbard Bell

Fern Emmett Mac Gregor's Maid

Polly Ann Young Grace Hubbard

Charles Trowbridge George Pollard

Sally Blane Gertrude Hubbard

Ralph Remley D'Arcy - Singer

Otto Hoffman Pawnbroker

Harry Tyler Joe Eliot

Ottola Nesmith Nora

Mary Field Piano Player

Charles Tannen Court Clerk

Eddy Waller Storekeeper

Landers Stevens Manager of New England Telephone Exchange

Edward Keane Banker at Demo

Paul Stanton Chauncey Smith

John Elliott Banker at Demo

Dave Morris Telegrapher

Bobs Watson George Sanders

Jan Duggan Mrs. Winthrop

Crauford Kent General

Edmund Elton Banker at Demo

Warren Jackson Tom

Ruth Robinson Nurse

Nora Cecil Miss Jenkins

Sheldon Jett New England Telephone Company Executive

George Guhl Mr. Winthrop

Georgiana Young Berta Hubbard

Davison Clark Court Attendant at Door

John Graham Spacey Sir John Cowell

Esther Brodelet Telephone Operator

Jarold Clifford Lyons Infant

Jack Walsh James J. Starrow

John Elliotte Banker at Demo

Crew (10 Members)

Darryl F. Zanuck

Producer

Art Direction

Art Direction

Set Decoration

Director of Photography

Screenplay

Walter Thompson

Editor

Irving Cummings

Director

Story

Costume Design

Darryl F. Zanuck Producer

Richard Day Art Direction

Mark-Lee Kirk Art Direction

Thomas Little Set Decoration

Leon Shamroy Director of Photography

Lamar Trotti Screenplay

Walter Thompson Editor

Irving Cummings Director

Ray Harris Story

Royer Costume Design

Age At Time Of Release

56

33

Darryl F. Zanuck

36

42

43

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