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The Magic Alphabet (1942)

NR · 1942-10-10 · 11m · EN
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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.

Jacques TourneurDirector

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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)

Keywords

DiscoveryPhysicianNutritionVitamins

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