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The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
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.
- Original title
- The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
- Language
- EN
- Country
- US
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tmcd77
Nov 3, 2024 · via TMDB
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 the early talkies era.
CinemaSerf
Jun 22, 2022 · via TMDB
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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Don Ameche
Alexander Graham Bell
Loretta Young
Mrs. Mabel Hubbard Bell
Henry Fonda
Thomas Watson
Charles Coburn
Gardner Hubbard
Gene Lockhart
Thomas Sanders
Spring Byington
Mrs. Hubbard
Sally Blane
Gertrude Hubbard
Polly Ann Young
Grace Hubbard
Georgiana Young
Berta Hubbard
Bobs Watson
George Sanders
Russell Hicks
Mr. Barrows
Paul Stanton
Chauncey Smith
Jonathan Hale
President of Western Union
Harry Davenport
Judge Rider
Beryl Mercer
Queen Victoria
Elizabeth Patterson
Mrs. MacGregor
Charles Trowbridge
George Pollard
Jan Duggan
Mrs. Winthrop
Claire Du Brey
Landlady
Harry Tyler
Joe Eliot
Zeffie Tilbury
Mrs. Sanders
Jack Kelly
Banker's Son (uncredited)
Tyler Brooke
Mr. Calhoun
Nora Cecil
Miss Jenkins
Davison Clark
Court Attendant at Door
Dick Elliott
Man Laughing at Demo
Fern Emmett
Mac Gregor's Maid
George Guhl
Mr. Winthrop
Otto Hoffman
Pawnbroker
Edward Keane
Banker at Demo
Crauford Kent
General
Edward LeSaint
Banker at Demonstration
Dave Morris
Telegrapher
Ottola Nesmith
Nora
Landers Stevens
Manager of New England Telephone Exchange
Charles Tannen
Court Clerk
Eddy Waller
Storekeeper
Lillian West
Sanders' Nurse
John Elliott
Banker at Demo
Leon Shamroy
Director of Photography
Irving Cummings
Director
Darryl F. Zanuck
Producer
Lamar Trotti
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