Movie

The Magic Alphabet

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.

Director

Jacques Tourneur

Screenplay

Robert Lopez

Status

Released

Release date

10/10/1942

Original language

English