The Story of Alexander Graham Bell (1939)

The Story of Alexander Graham Bell is a somewhat fictionalized 1939 biographical film of the famous inventor. It was filmed in black-and-white and released by Twentieth Century-Fox. The film stars Don Ameche as Bell and Loretta Young as Mabel, his wife, who contracted scarlet fever at an early age and became deaf. The first half of the film concentrates on the hero's romantic, financial, and scientific struggles, starting in 1873. Most scenes are set in Boston and vicinity; a few late scenes are in London.

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Cast:

• Don Ameche
• Sally Blane
• Spring Byington
• Charles Coburn
• Harry Davenport
• Jan Duggan
• Claire du Brey
• Henry Fonda
• Jonathan Hale
• Russell Hicks
• Gene Lockhart
• Beryl Mercer
• Elizabeth Patterson
• Ralph Remley
• Paul Stanton
• Zeffie Tilbury
• Charles Trowbridge
• Harry Tyler
• Bobs Watson
• Georgiana Young
• Loretta Young
• Polly Ann Young