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What Mr. Bell Had in Mind (1954)

1954 · Ephemeral film · 10 min

Synopsis

Don Ameche. Opening sequence on how people use the phone and why. Alexander Graham Bell contemplates. How to organize your phone business. Excellent montage shots of people on telephone with interesting reactions. In a very clever scene, Don Ameche recreates his 1939 role as Alexander Graham Bell in the famous "Doctor Watson, come here, I want you" scene; he then discusses the future of his wonderous invention, the telephone with Dr. Watson.

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Running time
10 minutes
Collection
Prelinger Archives