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.

• Jacques TourneurDirector
• Robert LopezScreenplay

• John NesbittNarrator (voice)
• Stephen McNallyDr. Christiaan Eijkman
• Dorothy MorrisSecretary (uncredited)
• Emmett VoganScientist (uncredited)