Jacques Tourneur
Director
The Magic Alphabet (1942)
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.
Keywords: tmdb.discovery, tmdb.nutrition, tmdb.vitamins, mdblist.imdb-short, tmdb.physician, imdb.chicken, imdb.dutch-east-indies + 20 more, imdb.rice, imdb.java, imdb.chicago-illinois, imdb.truck-accident, imdb.night-blindness, imdb.secretary, imdb.fired-from-a-job, imdb.rickets, imdb.swimming, imdb.docudrama, imdb.doctor, imdb.beriberi, imdb.prison, imdb.vitamin, imdb.1890s, imdb.john-nesbitt-s-passing-parade, imdb.narration, imdb.nutrition, imdb.research, aspectratio.1-37-1
Production Companies: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Country: United States
Production Country:
United States
Languages:
English
Recommendations
Runtime: 11 min.
Released: Oct. 10, 1942
Status: Released
Certification: NR / 11+