The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
The story of how Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone.
- Rated
- Approved
- Runtime
- 1h 38m
- Released
- 1939
- Country
- United States
Details
Release year: 1939
Storyline
The story of how Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone.
Top credits
Don Ameche — Alexander Graham Bell
Loretta Young — Mrs. Mabel Hubbard Bell
Henry Fonda — Thomas Watson
Charles Coburn — Gardner Hubbard
Did you know
• After the film was released, the telephone was commonly called the "Ameche," a slang term referring to actor Don Ameche who played the telephone's inventor. This association is explained in the film Ball of Fire (1941), showing the term was still in use two years after the release of the original film.
• This is the only film featuring all four of the Young sisters: Loretta Young, Sally Blane, Polly Ann Young and Georgiana Young.
• Alexander Graham Bell's daughter, Mrs. Gilbert Grosvenor, had official script approval.
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Technical specs
- Sound mix
- Mono
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
- Color
- Black and White
