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The Magic Alphabet (1942)

Genre : Drama

Runtime : 11M

Director : Jacques Tourneur
Writer : Robert Lopez

Synopsis

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.

Actors

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)

Crews

Jacques Tourneur
Jacques Tourneur
Director
Robert Lopez
Robert Lopez
Screenplay
Robert Lopez
Robert Lopez
Story
John Nesbitt
John Nesbitt
Producer
Alvin Wyckoff
Alvin Wyckoff
Director of Photography
Harry Komer
Harry Komer
Editor
Paul Youngblood
Paul Youngblood
Art Direction

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