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The Story of Alexander Graham Bell (1939)

The Story of Alexander Graham Bell (1939)

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Darryl F. Zanuck's Entertainment gem will take its place in the Hall of Fame !

Release Date: 1939, April 4
Directors: Irving Cummings
Countries: United States of America
Production: 20th Century Fox
Cast: Russell Hicks, Henry Fonda, Harry Davenport, Edward Keane, Dick Elliott, Claire Du Brey, Jack Walsh, Don Ameche, Edward LeSaint, Ottola Nesmith, Jack Kelly, Landers Stevens

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.

Keywords:

biography inventor historical figure telephone