The Magic Alphabet
Drama
6.5
6.50h 11m
October 10, 1942
Overview
This MGM John Nesbitt's Passing Parade series short dramatizes how the work of Dutch physician Christiaan Eijkman, who searched for a cure for beri-beri on the island of Java in the 1890s, led to the discovery of vitamins.
Director
Jacques Tourneur
Cast
John Nesbitt
Narrator (voice)
Stephen McNally
Dr. Christiaan Eijkman
Dorothy Morris
Secretary (uncredited)
Emmett Vogan
Scientist (uncredited)
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