Magic on a Stick

10m

History

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

Cast

John Nesbitt

Narrator (voice)

Paul Langton

John Walker (uncredited)

Jacqueline White

Mrs. John Walker (uncredited)

Crew

Cy Endfield

Director

Charles Larson

Writer

Tom Biggart

Editor

Harold Lipstein

Director of Photography

John Nesbitt

Producer

Max Terr

Music

Richard Duce

Art Direction

Albert Glasser

Orchestrator