Magic on a Stick

10m
History
6

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

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