The Magic Alphabet Trailer

The Magic Alphabet Trailer (1942)

10 October 1942 Drama 11 mins

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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Cast

John Nesbitt

as Narrator (voice)

Stephen McNally

as Dr. Christiaan Eijkman

Dorothy Morris

as Secretary (uncredited)

Emmett Vogan

as Scientist (uncredited)

Crew

Alvin Wyckoff

Alvin Wyckoff Director of Photography

International Titles

Passing Parade No. 34: The Magic Alphabet Trailer

International Releases Dates

United States 10 October 1942

Production Companies

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