Drama
Overview
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.
Production
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Cast & Characters
John Nesbitt
Narrator (voice)
Stephen McNally
Dr. Christiaan Eijkman
Dorothy Morris
Secretary (uncredited)
Emmett Vogan
Scientist (uncredited)
Directors & Crew
J
Jacques Tourneur
Director
J
John Nesbitt
Producer
R
Robert Lopez
Screenplay
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