History

Magic on a Stick

6.0

10 min

1946

Cy Endfield

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

Top Cast

John Nesbitt

Narrator (voice)

Paul Langton

John Walker (uncredited)

Jacqueline White

Mrs. John Walker (uncredited)

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