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04/04/1939 Drama, History 1h 38m
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Darryl F. Zanuck's Entertainment gem will take its place in the Hall of Fame !

Overview

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.

  1. Irving Cummings

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Don Ameche

    Alexander Graham Bell

  2. Loretta Young

    Mrs. Mabel Hubbard Bell

  3. Henry Fonda

    Thomas Watson

  4. Charles Coburn

    Gardner Hubbard

  5. Gene Lockhart

    Thomas Sanders

  6. Spring Byington

    Mrs. Hubbard

  7. Sally Blane

    Gertrude Hubbard

  8. Polly Ann Young

    Grace Hubbard

  9. Georgiana Young

    Berta Hubbard

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Reviews

A review by tmcd77
Written by tmcd77 on 2024-11-03
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.
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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