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The Magic Alphabet
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.
Release Date: 1942-10-10
Drama
Casts
John Nesbitt
as Narrator (voice)
Stephen McNally
as Dr. Christiaan Eijkman
Dorothy Morris
as Secretary (uncredited)
Emmett Vogan
as Scientist (uncredited)
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