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The Magic Alphabet
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The Magic Alphabet

1942
Directed byJacques Tourneur
0h 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 discovery of vitamins.

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John NesbittNarrator (voice)Stephen McNallyDr. Christiaan EijkmanDorothy MorrisSecretary (uncredited)
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Emmett VoganScientist (uncredited)
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GENRES
Drama
STATUSReleased
RATING
NR

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