Magic on a Stick

8.0

1946

0h 10m

HD

History

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

Top Cast

John Nesbitt

John Nesbitt

Narrator (voice)

Paul Langton

Paul Langton

John Walker (uncredited)

Jacqueline White

Jacqueline White

Mrs. John Walker (uncredited)

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