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The Magic Alphabet

0 %|Oct 10, 1942|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.

Featured Crew

Jacques Tourneur
Director
Robert Lopez
Screenplay
Robert Lopez
Story
John Nesbitt
Producer
Alvin Wyckoff
Director of Photography
Harry Komer
Editor
Paul Youngblood
Art Direction

Cast

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