The Sound and the Silence: The Alexander Graham Bell Story

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The Sound and the Silence: The Alexander Graham Bell Story

1993

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True story of Alexander Graham Bell's invention of the telephone, inspired by his mother.

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7 members

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John Bach

Alexander Graham Bell

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Ian Bannen

Melville

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Brenda Fricker

Eliza

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Jim McLarty

Sumner Tainter

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Vanessa Vaughan

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Clare Kelso

Susanna Hall

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Henry Czerny

Casey Baldwin

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