
Drama
The Magic Alphabet
0.0
11 min
1942
Jacques Tourneur
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.
Top Cast

John Nesbitt
Narrator (voice)

Stephen McNally
Dr. Christiaan Eijkman

Dorothy Morris
Secretary (uncredited)

Emmett Vogan
Scientist (uncredited)
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