Magic on a Stick

6.0/ 10 1 votes 1946-01-19 0h 10m 0 popularity

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

Director: Cy Endfield

Cast

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John Nesbitt

Narrator (voice)

Paul Langton

John Walker (uncredited)

Jacqueline White

Mrs. John Walker (uncredited)

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