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The Magic Alphabet

Jacques Tourneur

1942 • 11m

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 ...

The Magic Alphabet

Cast

John Nesbitt

John NesbittNarrator (voice)

Stephen McNally

Stephen McNallyDr. Christiaan Eijkman

Dorothy Morris

Dorothy MorrisSecretary (uncredited)

Emmett Vogan

Emmett VoganScientist (uncredited)

Crew

Jacques Tourneur

Jacques TourneurDirector

John Nesbitt

John NesbittProducer

Alvin Wyckoff

Alvin WyckoffDirector of Photography

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