About the film

The Magic Alphabet

1942711 min
Drama
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
Released
Oct 10, 1942
Country
United States of America
Production
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

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