The Story of Alexander Graham Bell ( The Modern Miracle )

The Story of Alexander Graham Bell (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: The Modern Miracle
Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Spanish ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Spanish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Spain ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
94 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Photo Gallery
Scene Access
Black & White

Movie filmed in 1939 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Irving Cummings

Written By:
Ray Harris
Lamar Trotti

Actors:
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

Synopsis:

This fictionalized biography of the famed American inventor's life provided actor Don Ameche with his signature role. For years after its release, people even referred to the telephone as 'an Ameche.' The story begins in 1873 Boston as Bell endeavors to teach deaf people to speak in the manner invented by his father. When not teaching, Bell tinkers with his various inventions. Opportunity knocks when Bell is befriended by an aristocratic fellow (Charles Coburn) who wants Bell to help teach his daughter (Loretta Young) to speak. Bell agrees and falls in love with her. It is she who inspires and encourages him to invent the telephone, while it is young Watson (Henry Fonda) who assists him. After they meet with success, the inventors must do battle in court with the company that held the patent to the telegraph.

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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