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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.
Original Release
04/01/1939
US Release
04/01/1939
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| 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 |
Directors
Writers
Ray Harris, Lamar Trotti, Boris Ingster, Milton Sperling
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| 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 / Mrs. MacGregor |
| Charles Trowbridge | George Pollard |
| Jan Duggan | Mrs. Winthrop |
| Claire Du Brey | Landlady |
| Harry Tyler | Joe Eliot |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Kenneth Macgowan | Producer |
| Darryl F. Zanuck | Producer |
