Magic on a Stick

Magic on a Stick

10 mins | History | Jan. 19, 1946

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

Magic on a Stick

10 mins | History | Jan. 19, 1946

Magic on a Stick
This MGM Passing Parade series short recounts how English chemist John Walker invented the wooden friction match during the 1820s.
Producers Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Original title Magic on a Stick
Directors Cy Endfield
Writers Charles Larson

Cast

John Nesbitt

as Narrator (voice)

Paul Langton

as John Walker (uncredited)

Jacqueline White

as Mrs. John Walker (uncredited)