The Story of Alexander Graham Bell

After the film was released, the telephone was commonly called the "Ameche", a slang term referring to actor Done Ameche who played the telephone's inventor. This association is explained in the film Ball of Fire (1941), showing the term was still in use two years after the release of the original film.

Only film featuring all four of the "Young" sisters: Loretta Young, Sally Blane, Polly Ann Young and 'Georgiana Young'.

Alexander Graham Bell's daughter, Mrs. Gilbert Grosvenor, had official script approval.

This film had its premiere at the 1939 World's Fair in New York.

Jack Kelly's film debut.

Don Ameche's brother, Jim Ameche, portrayed Alexander Graham Bell in The Story of Mankind (1957).

Cast of The Story of Alexander Graham Bell

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

Charles Trowbridge George Pollard

Jan Duggan Mrs. Winthrop

Claire Du Brey Landlady

Harry Tyler Joe Eliot

Ralph Remley D'Arcy - Singer

Zeffie Tilbury Mrs. Sanders