A Way in the Wilderness (1940)

Director: Fred Zinnemann

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.

Cast

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)