Alexander Graham Bell received his patent for his invention - the "telephone" - on this date in 1876.
Wikipedia.org Article for Alexander Graham Bell:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Graham_Bell
Wikipedia.org Article on the History of the Telephone:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_telephone
Here's a whole movie about him...literally.
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell (1939)
Run Time: 98 mins
Genre: Drama, Biopic
Format: Standard 4:3 Format, Black & White
Director: Irving Cummings
Starring: Don Ameche, Loretta Young, Henry Fonda and Charles Coburn
IMDB.com Entry for the Film:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031981/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
Wikipedia.org Article for the Film:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Story_of_Alexander_Graham_Bell
Wikipedia.org Article for Don Ameche:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Ameche
Wikipedia.org Article for Loretta Young:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loretta_Young
Wikipedia.org Article for Henry Fonda:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Fonda
Wikipedia.org Article for Director Irving Cummings:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irving_Cummings
There is no Trailer for the Film, but we did find the whole film on YouTube (head-scratching):
Movies about history are very important. They also need to be entertaining and believable. All three of those qualities need to be involved in a film such as this. Don Ameche brings to the silver screen an early representation of the life of Alexander Graham Bell and his contribution to the world, as the invention of the telegraph and the telephone are explored in this Irving Cummings film. I bet you didn’t know that AGB got his inspiration for the telephone from his years of teaching the deaf how to talk and communicate. That brings us to the love interest portion of the film, when we are introduced to the future Mrs. Mable Bell, who also is deaf, played by Loretta Young.
What Mr Bell Had In Mind: 1960 film with Don Ameche as Alexander Graham Bell on YouTube:
It is a very interesting contrast between the film’s intention and what the facts entail, because the first full decade of the talkies and sound happened in the 1930s, which makes that the quietest decade in film history, as it applies to full sound in film. It is interesting that there is no music in the movie, hardly at all, because this is a movie about trying to achieve the ability to hear and to transmit sound, so this is, kind of, an interesting juxtaposition of how this movie feels. It also is interesting seeing a film that was made only 65 years after Bell did his experiments, so you get a more uniquely believable script that may have more issues today, because 140 years have now gone by since Bell did his experiments. It should be noted though, that this is a loose, almost fictionalized telling of his story, but the intention to give it credibility is there. Just another story that was Hollywood-ized.
Alexander Graham Bell Cloud Biography on YouTube:
It also is apparent that the mind of an inventor can also be driven by his love of people or his compassion towards the world he/she lives in. None of that is more apparent when we see the love that is shared between Bell and his deaf students and his eventual love to Mable. Ameche is also contrasted with his less intelligent assistant Thomas Watson, played by Henry Fonda, who compensates for his lack of certain knowledge by being Bell’s friend and cheerleader.
This film teaches us that drive and desire doesn’t always have to lead to power and money, but can sometimes lead to what it really should ……, love and accomplishment. - Phil
Movietone News: Premiere of "The Story of Alexander Graham Bell" (1939), at the 1939 San Francisco Fair on YouTube:
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