What Mr. Bell Had in Mind
What Mr. Bell Had in Mind is a short film from 1954 released on 35mm. It is held in the Prelinger Archives collection.
Don Ameche. Opening sequence on how people use the phone and why. Alexander Graham Bell contemplates. How to organize your phone business.
| What Mr. Bell Had in Mind | |
|---|---|
| Produced by | Handy (Jam) Organization |
Production company | Handy (Jam) Organization |
| Distributed by | Handy (Jam) Organization |
Release date | 1954 |
Running time | 10:00 |
| Language | English |
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Excellent montage shots of people on telephone with interesting reactions.
In a very clever scene, Don Ameche recreates his 1939 role as Alexander Graham Bell in the famous "Doctor Watson, come here, I want you" scene; he then discusses the future of his wonderous invention, the telephone with Dr. Watson. Watson asks Bell how he is able to foretell all these amazing things; Bell washes his face, turns around, and he's Don Ameche, saying: "Well, who would know better than I?" (A Hollywood inside joke!); overdubbed narrator says: "Any resemblance between Don Ameche and Alexander Graham Bell was strictly intentional"!!