Movie: Magic on a Stick

Top 3 Billed 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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    This MGM Passing Parade series short recounts how English chemist John Walker invented the wooden friction match during the 1820s.

  • Release Date

    1946-01-19

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