The Magic Alphabet

Name: The Magic Alphabet
Genre: Drama
Released: 1942
Duration: 11 min
Rating: 6.5

1942 · 11 min

Drama

★ 6.5

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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.

Crew

Director Jacques Tourneur
Screenplay Robert Lopez
Story Robert Lopez
Director of Photography Alvin Wyckoff

Cast

J
John Nesbitt
Narrator (voice)
Stephen McNally
Dr. Christiaan Eijkman
Dorothy Morris
Secretary (uncredited)
Emmett Vogan
Scientist (uncredited)

Crew

Director — Jacques Tourneur
Screenplay — Robert Lopez
Story — Robert Lopez
Director of Photography — Alvin Wyckoff

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