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The Magic Alphabet

The Magic Alphabet

Drama

11m

October 10, 1942 (82 years ago)

Overview

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.

ActorAge thenAge now
John Nesbitt

John Nesbitt

Narrator (voice)

Birthday: August 23, 1910

32 August 10, 1960 (49)
Stephen McNally

Stephen McNally

Dr. Christiaan Eijkman

Birthday: July 29, 1911

31 June 4, 1994 (82)