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Magic on a Stick

8.0Jan 19, 19460h 10mHistory

Directed by Cy Endfield

Written by Charles Larson

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

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Cast

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John Nesbitt

Narrator (voice)

Paul Langton

Paul Langton

John Walker (uncredited)

Jacqueline White

Jacqueline White

Mrs. John Walker (uncredited)

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