The Magic Alphabet
Film194211 min6.5/10 on TMDB
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Directed by Jacques Tourneur
The story
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
John Nesbitt
John NesbittNarrator (voice)
Stephen McNallyDr. Christiaan Eijkman
Dorothy MorrisSecretary (uncredited)
Emmett VoganScientist (uncredited)Explore the crew
- Director
- Jacques Tourneur
- Producer
- John Nesbitt
- Screenplay
- Robert Lopez
- Director of Photography
- Alvin Wyckoff
- Editor
- Harry Komer