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VHS : The Story of Alexander Graham Bell


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starring: Don Ameche, Loretta Young, Henry Fonda, Charles Coburn, Gene Lockhart
directed by: Irving Cummings







Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786303957012
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, HiFi Sound, NTSC
ISBN: 6303957013
Label: 20th Century Fox
Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: 20th Century Fox
Release Date: January 01, 1998
Running Time: 97 minutes
Sales Rank: 8022
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Theatrical Release Date: April 14, 1939



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Customer Reviews
Average Rating:  out of 5 stars

Rating: 2 out of 5 stars - Irritating crackling noises throughout.
I bought this video new. The story line is excellent. The acting is excellent. The scene in the courtroom is clever and excellent. The depiction of American history is excellent. The costumes are stylized and overwrought, as was typical during the earlier days of Hollywood. The film is an excellent teaching device for kids. This film was one of the eternal favorites of our parents' generation and our grandparents' generation. But there is a slight problem. There are irritating crackling ... Read More



Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Another Great Biography!!!
Fox made a bunch of these Bio classics and they are all superb. This one ranks right up there with the rest and is fairly accurate. Henry Fonda steels this picture though. He is very funny in the few scenes he is in. A very moving story that is factual as well as entertaining. Another homeschool friendly flick...with a tad bit more romance than Tom Edison, but nothing like movies of today. An ejoyable movie for the whole family that could breed some good discussion afterwards!



Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Romance and drama come together in this beautiful story!
This movie is a favorite classic! All the actors do a superb job at bringing together everything a good movie needs... suspense, romance... drama... good versus the evil businessmen... and it makes you feel good to watch it. I'm an electronics teacher and show this to my high school students who love the movie! (It is not easy to inspire kids these days!!!) I've seen it over 20 times now showing it to all my students, and still love watching it!



Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - "WATSON, I NEED YOU"...
Those were the very first words spoken (and successfully received by another party) via telephone by Alexander Graham Bell, the Scotsman who invented the telephone. The tale begins in 1875. Young Alex Bell is shown eating cheese and apples while trying to send speech over copper wires. No one thinks much of this idea except the deaf daughter of one of his grudging sponsors (the deaf girl is Loretta Young). Folks were inclined to call it a toy and they kept away from it; Bell himself tended to ... Read More




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