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The Magic Alphabet

The Magic Alphabet

Jacques Tourneur

1942

  • Drama
6.5

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.

Cast & crew

  • Jacques TourneurDirector
  • John NesbittNarrator (voice)
  • Stephen McNallyDr. Christiaan Eijkman
  • Dorothy MorrisSecretary (uncredited)
  • Emmett VoganScientist (uncredited)

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