Magic on a Stick(1946)NR01/19/1946 (US)History0h 10m6.0ShareOverviewThis MGM Passing Parade series short recounts how English chemist John Walker invented the wooden friction match during the 1820s.Cy EndfieldDirectorCharles LarsonWriterTop Billed CastJohn NesbittNarrator (voice)Paul LangtonJohn Walker (uncredited)Jacqueline WhiteMrs. John Walker (uncredited)Popularity TrendLast 30 DaysThis chart shows the popularity trend over the past 30 days.MediaVideos (0)Backdrops (0)Posters (1)Recommendations58%Red64%Fight Club: Members Only87%Alvin and the Chipmunks: Christmas with The Chipmunks55%Bill Burr Presents: Friends Who Kill100%Last Temptation in Thailand77%GCW Fight Club63%Ebirah, Horror of the Deep50%Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan60%The Return from the Other Planet57%RED75%The Silence75%Lord78%The Dark Knight Rises54%Fantastic Return to Oz77%Musangwe: Fight Club58%The Legend of La Llorona72%Test60%Ek Villain Returns75%Jurassic Fight ClubPrevious slideNext slideSimilar Movies73%The Promised Land0%The Hidden Master55%Mr. Whitney Had a Notion50%Strange Testament100%Nómadas63%The Inventor50%The Sound and the Silence: The Alexander Graham Bell Story60%The Colossus of Rhodes75%The Gutenberg Enigma73%Gangs of New York60%Madero of Mexico0%A Way in the Wilderness68%Combustible60%Angel of Mercy65%The Great American Mug60%The Story of Alexander Graham Bell55%Hawaizaada60%The Story of Alfred Nobel58%Tesla0%Utopia of DeathPrevious slideNext slide