Magic on a Stick

6.0
  • Genre: History
  • Run time: 10 min
  • Premiere: 1946. January 19.

This MGM Passing Parade series short recounts how English chemist John Walker invented the wooden friction match during the 1820s.

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John Nesbitt

Narrator (voice)

Paul Langton

John Walker (uncredited)

Jacqueline White

Mrs. John Walker (uncredited)

Art

Richard Duce

Art Direction

Camera

Harold Lipstein

Director of Photography

Directing

Cy Endfield

Director

Editing

Tom Biggart

Editor

Production

John Nesbitt

Producer

Sound

Max Terr

Music

Albert Glasser

Orchestrator

Writing

Charles Larson

Writer

Art

Richard Duce

Art Direction

Camera

Harold Lipstein

Director of Photography

Directing

Cy Endfield

Director

Editing

Tom Biggart

Editor

Production

John Nesbitt

Producer

Sound

Max Terr

Music

Albert Glasser

Orchestrator

Writing

Charles Larson

Writer