The Magic Alphabet

194211m6.5 (2)
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.

Crew

Jacques Tourneur

Jacques Tourneur

Director

RL

Robert Lopez

Screenplay

JN

John Nesbitt

Producer

Alvin Wyckoff

Alvin Wyckoff

Director of Photography

Cast

JN

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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