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The Story of Alexander Graham Bell

The Story of Alexander Graham Bell

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Status

Released

Release Date

Apr 4, 1939

Runtime

1h 38m

Genres

Drama, History

User Score

59%

Original Title

The Story of Alexander Graham Bell

Production Companies

20th Century Fox

Director

Irving Cummings

Description

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.