The Magic Alphabet

1942 ★ 6.5 11 min NR IMDb English Jacques Tourneur
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

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.

Drama

Top Cast

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John Nesbitt

Narrator (voice)
Stephen McNally

Stephen McNally

Dr. Christiaan Eijkman
Dorothy Morris

Dorothy Morris

Secretary (uncredited)
Emmett Vogan

Emmett Vogan

Scientist (uncredited)

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