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La sposa di Boston

Titolo originale: The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
  • 1939
  • T
  • 1h 38min
VALUTAZIONE IMDb
7,0/10
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LA TUA VALUTAZIONE
Henry Fonda, Don Ameche, and Loretta Young in La sposa di Boston (1939)
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Aggiungi una trama nella tua linguaThe story of how Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone.The story of how Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone.The story of how Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone.

  • Regia
    • Irving Cummings
  • Sceneggiatura
    • Ray Harris
    • Lamar Trotti
    • Boris Ingster
  • Star
    • Don Ameche
    • Loretta Young
    • Henry Fonda
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  • VALUTAZIONE IMDb
    7,0/10
    1239
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    • Regia
      • Irving Cummings
    • Sceneggiatura
      • Ray Harris
      • Lamar Trotti
      • Boris Ingster
    • Star
      • Don Ameche
      • Loretta Young
      • Henry Fonda
    • 22Recensioni degli utenti
    • 3Recensioni della critica
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    Interpreti principali51

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    Don Ameche
    Don Ameche
    • Alexander Graham Bell
    Loretta Young
    Loretta Young
    • Mrs. Mabel Hubbard Bell
    Henry Fonda
    Henry Fonda
    • Thomas Watson
    Charles Coburn
    Charles Coburn
    • Gardner Hubbard
    Gene Lockhart
    Gene Lockhart
    • Thomas Sanders
    Spring Byington
    Spring Byington
    • Mrs. Hubbard
    Sally Blane
    Sally Blane
    • Gertrude Hubbard
    Polly Ann Young
    Polly Ann Young
    • Grace Hubbard
    Georgiana Young
    Georgiana Young
    • Berta Hubbard
    Bobs Watson
    Bobs Watson
    • George Sanders
    Russell Hicks
    Russell Hicks
    • Mr. Barrows
    Paul Stanton
    Paul Stanton
    • Chauncey Smith
    Jonathan Hale
    Jonathan Hale
    • President of Western Union
    Harry Davenport
    Harry Davenport
    • Judge Rider
    Beryl Mercer
    Beryl Mercer
    • Queen Victoria
    Elizabeth Patterson
    Elizabeth Patterson
    • Mrs. Mac Gregor
    Charles Trowbridge
    Charles Trowbridge
    • George Pollard
    Jan Duggan
    Jan Duggan
    • Mrs. Winthrop
    • Regia
      • Irving Cummings
    • Sceneggiatura
      • Ray Harris
      • Lamar Trotti
      • Boris Ingster
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    8bkoganbing

    Inventing the telephone

    This film has a unique place in movie history. The Story of Alexander Graham Bell not only gave Don Ameche his signature role, but Ameche's very name entered the English slang. Still today, a telephone is sometimes referred to as an "ameche."

    Bell was a Scottish immigrant who came by way of Canada to the Boston area. At the time the film opens, Don Ameche is a teacher of deaf children. He's also employed as a private tutor to one particular child, Bobs Watson who is Gene Lockhart's son. There scenes have a particular poignancy.

    Ameche also woos and wins Loretta Young, a deaf woman who is the son of prominent businessman, Charles Coburn, who later backs him in his scientific work and business ventures.

    As you can imagine living in a world with a whole lot of silent people and a natural scientific bent made him curious about sound. In inventing the telephone, Bell sought to break the sound barrier which was then limited by how loud the loudest person could shout.

    The famous scene with assistant Henry Fonda when Bell's own voice goes over a wire for the first time is there. And his later patent struggles are also well documented.

    But it is Don Ameche's sincere and straightforward interpretation of Alexander Graham Bell that makes this film memorable. And he's matched every step of the way by Loretta Young as his wife. Ms. Young by the way got to be in this film with all three of her sisters, playing her sisters, a rare treat.

    Given Bell's lifelong interest in the deaf, I'm sure that today with the invention of TTY lines to help deaf people communicate by phone, he'd be doubly proud of what he had accomplished.

    A good film and a great tribute to a great scientific and humanitarian individual.
    6Doylenf

    Interesting story of the inventor's life...Ameche's signature role...

    Just how factual all the events are in Fox's biographical account of THE STORY OF Alexander GRAHAM BELL, I don't know, but it seems safe to say they have taken the basic outline of his life and embellished it with a series of vignettes that serve to show us how and why he became the inventor of the telephone.

    Although this is DON AMECHE's signature role (indeed the invention is often referred to as "The Ameche"), he clearly had better roles in his future. Here he overacts to a tiresome degree under Irving Cummings' direction. On the other hand, there's a considerable amount of underplaying by LORETTA YOUNG and HENRY FONDA in subordinate roles. Young is Ameche's deaf wife and Fonda is his laboratory assistant.

    Factual or not, it moves at a slow pace and may not be the kind of biography for everyone, lacking the vigorous style of a story about Jesse James, for example. There's a little too much talk before we get to the crucial scene in the film where Ameche spills acid and calls for help over the wire to Fonda in the next room.

    Supporting cast includes GENE LOCKHART, SPRING BYINGTON and CHARLES COBURN (who must have been one of Hollywood's busiest character actors in the '30s and '40s).
    Michael_Elliott

    Good Film

    Story of Alexander Graham Bell, The (1939)

    *** (out of 4)

    Delightful tale of Alexander Graham Bell (Don Ameche) who while attempting to create the telephone falls in love with a mute girl (Loretta Young). The film really doesn't go into much detail about how the phone was created but instead it focuses on the pain that Bell went through while trying to break through. Ameche is downright brilliant in every shape of the word and his strong performance makes you forget several of the flaws throughout the film. Loretta Young is also very good as his wife and Henry Fonda adds nice support as the assistant. The film has some nice humor to go along with the drama and while I'm sure there are some facts made up, the film is still worth watching if you're a fan of the cast.
    8blanche-2

    The invention of The Ameche

    Don Ameche has the title role in "The Story of Alexander Graham Bell" in this 1939 film starring Henry Fonda, Loretta Young, Charles Coburn, Gene Lockhart, and Spring Byington.

    This movie was a big hit - it must have been, because in 1941's "Ball of Fire," Barbara Stanwyck teaches Gary Cooper slang and refers to the telephone as "the Ameche," as others have mentioned here. As far as how accurate the story is - for Fox, not bad at all. The background of Bell's teaching experience and family history of working with speech and sound is correct, he did have a demonstration of his new device, he did have patent problems, he did take on the little boy and Mabel as deaf clients to teach, he did teach finger-spelling, he did have patent problems, he did marry Mabel, their first child was a girl, and Mabel's father was one of his investors. The Fonda character, Watson, was also real, though Bell had two other assistants, and the scene where Bell finds out the telephone works when he calls for Watson is accurate. Also, Bell mentions a great interest in aeronautics in the movie - he indeed did a lot of work in aeronautics later on.

    Don Ameche does a great job as Bell. Before Tyrone Power appeared at 20th Century Fox, Ameche was set for many more lead roles; Power's popularity pushed him into second leads. If Ameche seems melodramatic in the courtroom scenes, that was the style of the day. He gives a serious, intense, and sincere performance. It's probably the role for which he's best remembered. Henry Fonda is wonderful - he's funny and relaxed, positively excellent. In another year, he'd be starring in his own movies. Loretta Young as Mabel is believable as well as lovely, and her sisters in real life -- Sally Blane, Polly Young, and Georgiana Young - play her sisters here.

    Gene Lockhart as Sanders is another standout in a poignant performance as a man who wants his deaf son to be able to speak. Charles Coburn plays Mable's no-nonsense, gruff father very well.

    Considering that the movie "Suez" is fiction from beginning to end, 20th Century Fox is to be commended for bringing so much real history into this film and making it so entertaining.
    bruno-32

    Under rated Don

    I always thought of him being an under rated actor. He certainly was versatile. He could sing, play comedy and drama, and if for no other reason, the academy finally realized his talents and gave him an oscar. It was long overdue. As for this film, he was very good and keep in mind Henry Fonda was playing a supporting role. As for Loretta Young..she was very lovely during those years, but her role had me squirming. As a deaf person, she spoke very well and the audience knows she's deaf because she makes it obvious as to her glaring at the actors mouths. I don't recall anyone mentioning if she was born deaf, or acquired it in later life.All in all, a satisfying film..thanks to Don's performance.

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      After the film was released, the telephone was commonly called the "Ameche," a slang term referring to actor Don Ameche who played the telephone's inventor. This association is explained in the film Colpo di fulmine (1941), showing the term was still in use two years after the release of the original film.
    • Blooper
      One of the stories in the movie, that is set in 1873, is that Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone "in his youth". But the first telephone was invented by Antonio Meucci in 1860 and Johann Philipp Reis in 1861, who also called his device "telephone", not Bell as it's stated in the movie. Bell didn't invent THE telephone but A telephone, the Bell-telephone.
    • Citazioni

      Mrs. Hubbard: Mr. Watson, please eat something. You must have the appetite of a bird.

      Thomas Watson: Yes, Ma'am, a vulture.

    • Connessioni
      Featured in AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Henry Fonda (1978)
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      The First Noel
      Traditional 17th century hymn

      Sung a cappella by unidentified carollers on Christmas Eve

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    • Data di uscita
      • 4 aprile 1945 (Italia)
    • Paese di origine
      • Stati Uniti
    • Lingua
      • Inglese
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    • Luoghi delle riprese
      • Stage 2, 20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California, Stati Uniti
    • Aziende produttrici
      • Cosmopolitan Productions
      • Twentieth Century Fox
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      • 1.500.000 USD (previsto)
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    • Tempo di esecuzione
      • 1h 38min(98 min)
    • Colore
      • Black and White
    • Proporzioni
      • 1.37 : 1

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