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The Story of Alexander Graham Bell

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  • 1939
  • 1 hr 38 mins
  • Documentary, Drama
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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.

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Cast & Crew See All

Don Ameche
Alexander Graham Bell
Loretta Young
Mrs. Mabel Hubbard Bell
Henry Fonda
Thomas Watson

Awards

  • 1939 - Photoplay Award - Best Pictures of the Month (June) - winner
  • 1939 - Photoplay Award - Best Performances of the Month (June) - winner
  • 1939 - Photoplay Award - Best Performances of the Month (June) - winner

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