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The Story of Alexander Graham Bell

1939 · 1h 38m · Drama, History · United States of America

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.

Directed by
Irving Cummings
Written by
Lamar Trotti
Story by
Ray Harris
Starring
Don Ameche, Loretta Young, Henry Fonda, Charles Coburn
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