The Magic Alphabet

  • Genre: Drama
  • Run time: 11 min
  • Premiere: 1942. October 10.

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.

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John Nesbitt

Narrator (voice)

Stephen McNally

Dr. Christiaan Eijkman

Dorothy Morris

Secretary (uncredited)

Emmett Vogan

Scientist (uncredited)

Art

Paul Youngblood

Art Direction

Camera

Alvin Wyckoff

Director of Photography

Directing

Editing

Harry Komer

Editor

Production

John Nesbitt

Producer

Writing

Robert Lopez

Screenplay

Art

Paul Youngblood

Art Direction

Camera

Alvin Wyckoff

Director of Photography

Directing

Editing

Harry Komer

Editor

Production

John Nesbitt

Producer

Writing

Robert Lopez

Screenplay