The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
Darryl F. Zanuck's Entertainment gem will take its place in the Hall of Fame !
Directed by Irving Cummings
Produced by 20th Century Fox
A warmly told biographical romance about an inventor's pursuit of both love and technological achievement, grounded in historical optimism and personal devotion.
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.
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