Movie Details
Theatrical Release:October 10th, 1942
Original Language:English
Production Companies:Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
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.
DirectorJacques Tourneur
