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The Magic Alphabet

The Magic Alphabet

6.5/10 1942 11m Released
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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Top Cast

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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