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Key Details

Release StatusReleased
Release Date1942-10-10
Languageen
Runtime11m
Production

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

6.5(2)
•1942•11m

The Magic Alphabet

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.

Writing & Screenplay
Robert Lopez
Cinematography
Alvin Wyckoff

Principal Cast

4 credited
JN
John NesbittNarrator (voice)
Stephen McNally
Stephen McNallyDr. Christiaan Eijkman
Dorothy Morris
Dorothy MorrisSecretary (uncredited)
Emmett Vogan
Emmett VoganScientist (uncredited)

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