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The Story of Alexander Graham Bell (1939) was a Biographical - Drama Film directed by Irving Cummings and produced by Darryl F. Zanuck and Kenneth Macgowan.

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Ameche, Young, and Fonda tell... The Story of Alexander Graham Bell (1939)

By Michaela on Jan 3, 2016 From Love Letters to Old Hollywood

When you read the words "The Story of Alexander Graham Bell," if you haven't seen it, you probably think "This sounds terrible." I mean, it must be a stuffy, fact-stretching, superficial account of a man who is suddenly deemed faultless and highly moral, right? Well, you'd be partially correct. Like... Read full article


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Mrs. Hubbard: Mr. Watson, please eat something. You must have the appetite of a bird.
Thomas Watson: Yes, Ma'am, a vulture.


Alexander Graham Bell: Mr. Watson, come here, I want you!


Alexander Graham Bell: Your honor... Have I committed some offense by starving in an attic? by spending sleepless nights at my work? by being too poor to own a decent scrap of paper, on which to tell her of my love? I have sat here for days and heard myself called liar, thief, fraud and cheat. I've seen my friends humiliated, my invention belittled, just as I have seen my business destroyed by methods which must leave every honest man appalled.


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Only film featuring all four of the "Young" sisters: Loretta Young, Sally Blane, Polly Ann Young and 'Georgiana Young'.
Jack Kelly's film debut.
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, showing the term was still in use two years after the release of the original film.
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