Mr. Bell (Part II) (1947)
1947 · Ephemeral film · 16 min · dir. Richard Fleischer
- Drama
Synopsis
This is 1947 biography movie about how Alexander Graham Bell and his partner Thomas Augustus Watson invented the first discernible speech, transmitted over a telephone.
Synopsis from OMDb
Details
- Director
- Richard Fleischer
- Writer
- Ardis Smith
- Studio
- RKO Radio Pictures, AT&T
- Released
- 1947-03-13
- Running time
- 16 minutes
- Language
- English
- Collection
- Prelinger Archives
Subjects on the Internet Archive
- Communication: Telephone
Cast & crew
Richard Fleischer Director- Raymond Edward Johnson
Mason Adams- Sara Anderson
Taylor Holmes
Jed Prouty
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★ · His name rings a bell! · Spuzz · 2004-12-13
A so-so doc about the famous Mr. Bell. I say so-so, as it has some excellent points, such as the fascinating history (I never knew that AGB was so involved with Deaf people, the costuming and the layout) Wihile it has some bad points such as the stupid dialogue (especially at the beginning, it's handling of deaf people and the very unneccesary speaking from back-from-the-dead conclusion. Normally history films like this bore me out completely, but this wasn't bad, it's just the ending couldve been done away with.