The Magic Alphabet

  • Rated 6.5 out of 10
  • Movie
  • 1942
  • 11m
  • Drama

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.

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Director
Jacques Tourneur
Starring
John Nesbitt, Stephen McNally, Dorothy Morris, Emmett Vogan

Cast

  • John Nesbitt

    Narrator (voice)

  • Stephen McNally

    Stephen McNally

    Dr. Christiaan Eijkman

  • Dorothy Morris

    Dorothy Morris

    Secretary (uncredited)

  • Emmett Vogan

    Emmett Vogan

    Scientist (uncredited)

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