The Magic Alphabet
Movie| Title | The Magic Alphabet |
| User score | 0 |
| Release date | Oct 10, 1942 |
| Genre | Drama |
| Director | Jacques Tourneur |
| Production country | United States of America |
| Production companies | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Run time | 11 min. |
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.
