The Magic Alphabet

The Magic Alphabet

10/10/1942 0h 11m 0.0/10

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

Top Billed Cast

John Nesbitt

John Nesbitt

Narrator (voice)

Stephen McNally

Stephen McNally

Dr. Christiaan Eijkman

Emmett Vogan

Emmett Vogan

Scientist (uncredited)

Dorothy Morris

Dorothy Morris

Secretary (uncredited)

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