The Magic Alphabet
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The Magic Alphabet

8.0 /10 Oct 10, 1942 0h 11m
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.

Director: Jacques Tourneur
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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)

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