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The Magic Alphabet

6.5 1942 11mNR
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.

Directed by Jacques Tourneur

CAST

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