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Cast

John Nesbitt

John Nesbitt

Narrator (voice)

Stephen McNally

Stephen McNally

Dr. Christiaan Eijkman

Dorothy Morris

Dorothy Morris

Secretary (uncredited)

Emmett Vogan

Emmett Vogan

Scientist (uncredited)

Crew

Jacques Tourneur

Jacques Tourneur

Director

John Nesbitt

John Nesbitt

Producer

Robert Lopez

Robert Lopez

Story

Robert Lopez

Robert Lopez

Screenplay

Alvin Wyckoff

Alvin Wyckoff

Director of Photography

Harry Komer

Harry Komer

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Paul Youngblood

Paul Youngblood

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The Magic Alphabet

19420.0 / 1011 min
Drama

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.