The Sound and the Silence: The Alexander Graham Bell Story(1993)
True story of Alexander Graham Bell's invention of the telephone, inspired by his mother.
Movie: The Sound and the Silence: The Alexander Graham Bell Story
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Alexander Graham Bell
Melville
Eliza
Sumner Tainter
Susanna Hall
Casey Baldwin
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True story of Alexander Graham Bell's invention of the telephone, inspired by his mother.
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1993-07-18
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