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

Cast: John Nesbitt, Stephen McNally, Dorothy Morris, Emmett Vogan

Audience-only score — full critic data not yet in the ReelXO vault.