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Magic on a Stick

(1946)

January 19, 1946• 0h 10m
60%
TMDB Score

Overview

This MGM Passing Parade series short recounts how English chemist John Walker invented the wooden friction match during the 1820s.

Cy Endfield

Director

Top Billed Cast

JN

John Nesbitt

Narrator (voice)

PL

Paul Langton

John Walker (uncredited)

JW

Jacqueline White

Mrs. John Walker (uncredited)

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