The Story of Alexander Graham Bell

Irving Cummings
1939-04-04

Darryl F. Zanuck's Entertainment gem will take its place in the Hall of Fame !
5.9
98 min

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.

Cast

Name Character Team
Don Ameche Alexander Graham Bell Unowned
Loretta Young Mrs. Mabel Hubbard Bell Unowned
Henry Fonda Thomas Watson Unowned
Charles Coburn Gardner Hubbard Unowned
Gene Lockhart Thomas Sanders Unowned
Spring Byington Mrs. Hubbard Unowned
Sally Blane Gertrude Hubbard Unowned
Polly Ann Young Grace Hubbard Unowned
Georgiana Young Berta Hubbard Unowned
Bobs Watson George Sanders Unowned
Russell Hicks Mr. Barrows Unowned
Paul Stanton Chauncey Smith Unowned
Jonathan Hale President of Western Union Unowned
Harry Davenport Judge Rider Unowned
Beryl Mercer Queen Victoria Unowned
Elizabeth Patterson Mrs. MacGregor Unowned
Charles Trowbridge George Pollard Unowned
Jan Duggan Mrs. Winthrop Unowned
Claire Du Brey Landlady Unowned
Harry Tyler Joe Eliot Unowned
Ralph Remley D'Arcy - Singer Unowned
Zeffie Tilbury Mrs. Sanders Unowned
Jack Kelly Banker's Son (uncredited) Unowned
Esther Brodelet Telephone Operator Unowned
Tyler Brooke Mr. Calhoun Unowned
Nora Cecil Miss Jenkins Unowned
Davison Clark Court Attendant at Door Unowned
Dick Elliott Man Laughing at Demo Unowned
Edmund Elton Banker at Demo Unowned
Fern Emmett Mac Gregor's Maid Unowned
Mary Field Piano Player Unowned
George Guhl Mr. Winthrop Unowned
Otto Hoffman Pawnbroker Unowned
Warren Jackson Tom Unowned
Frank Jaquet Edward Unowned
Sheldon Jett New England Telephone Company Executive Unowned
Edward Keane Banker at Demo Unowned
Crauford Kent General Unowned
Edward LeSaint Banker at Demonstration Unowned
Jarold Clifford Lyons Infant Unowned
Dave Morris Telegrapher Unowned
Ottola Nesmith Nora Unowned
Ruth Robinson Nurse Unowned
John Graham Spacey Sir John Cowell Unowned
Landers Stevens Manager of New England Telephone Exchange Unowned
Charles Tannen Court Clerk Unowned
William Wagner Unowned
Eddy Waller Storekeeper Unowned
Jack Walsh James J. Starrow Unowned
Lillian West Sanders' Nurse Unowned
John Elliott Banker at Demo Unowned