Film·1942·NR·11m

The Magic Alphabet

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.

Directed by Jacques Tourneur

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Cast

4 credited

John Nesbitt

John NesbittNarrator (voice)

Stephen McNally

Stephen McNallyDr. Christiaan Eijkman

Dorothy Morris

Dorothy MorrisSecretary (uncredited)

Emmett Vogan

Emmett VoganScientist (uncredited)

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