Alexander Graham Bell in popular culture

In fiction

The Mystery Eric Walters hydrofoil (1999) presents a novel workshops Alexander Graham Bell, casting the hydrofoil as a new weapon of war in preparation for use against German submarines during the First World War.


In film and television

>>>The Story of Alexander Graham Bell (reformatted for VCR) Don Ameche Thurs Bell, ISBN 0-7939-1251-2 (1939);

>>>Biography-Alexander-Graham-Bell, A & E DVD biography based on historical footage and stills Bell (2005);

>>>Noise and Silence: The Story of Alexander Graham Bell (TV mini-series) with John Bach as Bell, Vanessa Vaughan and Elizabeth Quinn portrayed fiancé Bell and wife, respectively; Canada / New Zealand / Ireland (1992) ASIN B0009K7RUW;

>>>Animated Classics Heroes: Alexander Graham Bell (1995) to the Internet Movie Database.

>>>Bell has been honored in many television programs, including: 100 Greatest Britons (2002). The Top Ten Greatest Canadians (2004), The 100 Greatest Americans (2005). Candidates and the classifications of these programs were determined by a popular vote.



Other references to companies homonyms Bell

>>>From 1940 to 1968, the company has sponsored the Bell Telephone Hour on NBC radio and (later) television. The program was devoted to concerts by various singers and musicians.

>>>Steven Spielberg "film in 1982 by ET the Extra-Terrestrial includes a scene where the title character watching a television ad for the Bell System, prompting the famous phrase:" ET phone home! "Later that same year, the character first appeared in one of the Bell AND "Reach out and touch someone" ads.

>>>At the climax of the 1967 film satire analyst Speaker, it is revealed that "The Company Telephone" (TPC) - an obvious allusion to Bell Telephone - provides a massive conspiracy to surgically implant communications devices into the brains of its customers . It also includes a propaganda film that parodies TPC-product the Bell laboratory Science Series, Frank Capra products for Bell Laboratories in the 1950.

>>>The Beastie Boys Bell Telephone alluded to in their song "Sure Shot" and "Get It Together" off the 1994 album Ill Communication ending song with the repeated line, "Ma Bell, I got the Ill Communication" .