| Release Date: | Apr 1939 |
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| Genres: | Drama / Biography |
| Cast: | Don Ameche (Alexander Graham Bell), Loretta Young (Mrs. Mabel Hubbard Bell), Henry Fonda (Thomas Watson), Charles Coburn (Gardner Hubbard), Gene Lockhart (Thomas Sanders), Spring Byington (Mrs. Hubbard), Sally Blane (Gertrude Hubbard), Polly Ann Young (Grace Hubbard), Georgiana Young (Berta Hubbard), Bobs Watson (George Sanders), Russell Hicks (Mr. Barrows), Paul Stanton (Chauncey Smith), Jonathan Hale (President of Western Union), Harry Davenport (Judge Rider), Beryl Mercer (Queen Victoria), Elizabeth Patterson (Mrs. Mac Gregor), Charles Trowbridge (George Pollard), Jan Duggan (Mrs. Winthrop), Claire Du Brey (Landlady), Harry Tyler (Joe Eliot), Ralph Remley (D'Arcy - Singer), Zeffie Tilbury (Mrs. Sanders), Esther Brodelet (Telephone Operator (uncredited)), Tyler Brooke (Mr. Calhoun - Singer (uncredited)), Nora Cecil (Miss Jenkins (uncredited)), Davison Clark (Court Attendant at Door (uncredited)), Dick Elliott (Man who Laughs at Telephone...), John Elliott (Banker at Demonstration (uncredited)), Edmund Elton (Banker at Demonstration (uncredited)), Fern Emmett (Mac Gregor's Maid (uncredited)), Mary Field (Piano Player (uncredited)), George Guhl (Mr. Winthrop (uncredited)), Otto Hoffman (Pawnbroker (uncredited)), Warren Jackson (Tom - Singing Tenor (uncredited)), Frank Jaquet (Edward - Banker at Demonstration...), Sheldon Jett (New England Telephone Company...), Edward Keane (Banker at Demonstration (uncredited)), Jack Kelly (Banker's Son (uncredited)), Crauford Kent (General - Lord-in-waiting (uncredited)), Edward LeSaint (Banker at Demonstration (uncredited)), Jarold Clifford Lyons (Infant (uncredited)), Dave Morris (Telegrapher (uncredited)), Ottola Nesmith (Nora - Hubbards' Maid (uncredited)), Ruth Robinson (Nurse (uncredited)), John Graham Spacey (Sir John Cowell (uncredited)), Landers Stevens (Manager of New England Telephone...), Charles Tannen (Court Clerk (uncredited)), William Wagner (Minor Role (uncredited)), Eddy Waller (Storekeeper (uncredited)), Jack Walsh (James J. Starrow (uncredited)), Lillian West (George Sanders' Nurse (uncredited)) |
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.
