Jun 22, 1940
11 min
Full-HD

A Way in the Wilderness (1940)

This Passing Parade entry tells the story of Dr. Joseph Goldberger (1874-1929), a Hungarian immigrant who devoted his life to finding the cause of pellagra, a disease that killed hundreds of thousands in the southern United States. Although the medical community believed that the condition was caused by a virus, Goldberger proved that a healthy diet was the cure.

Category

History

Country

United States of America

Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

John Nesbitt

Narrator

Shepperd Strudwick

Dr. Joseph Goldberger

Barbara Bedford

Sick Farmer's Wife (uncredited)

Edward Hearn

Prisoner (uncredited)

Wally Maher

Second Doctor at Prison (uncredited)

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