{"id":43709,"date":"2019-05-21T23:31:58","date_gmt":"2019-05-22T06:31:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=43709"},"modified":"2021-04-18T12:07:17","modified_gmt":"2021-04-18T19:07:17","slug":"story-of-louis-pasteur-the-1936","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=43709","title":{"rendered":"Story of Louis Pasteur, The (1936)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;Remember our aim: find the microbe, kill the microbe!&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Story-of-Louis-Pasteur-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Story-of-Louis-Pasteur-Poster-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-43710\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Story-of-Louis-Pasteur-Poster-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Story-of-Louis-Pasteur-Poster-85x128.jpg 85w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Story-of-Louis-Pasteur-Poster.jpg 666w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nIn 18th century France, chemist Louis Pasteur (Paul Muni) &#8212; with support from his loving wife (Josephine Hutchins) and daughter (Anita Louise) &#8212; ignores the criticisms of a skeptical doctor (Fritz Leiber) while developing a vaccine against anthrax and a cure for rabies.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Akim Tamiroff Films<\/li>\n<li>Biopics<\/li>\n<li>Do-Gooders<\/li>\n<li>Doctors and Nurses<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;No One Believes Me!&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Paul Muni Films<\/li>\n<li>Scientists<\/li>\n<li>William Dieterle Films<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nGroundbreaking chemist <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Louis_Pasteur\">Louis Pasteur<\/a> is given full star treatment in this Oscar-nominated biopic which <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aycyas.com\/thestoryoflouispasteur.htm\">And You Call Yourself a Scientist!<\/a>&#8216;s reviewer has an openly &#8220;love-exasperation&#8221; relationship with. As she puts it, while she&#8217;s &#8220;delighted that this film was made, and that it paved the way for others of its kind&#8221;, &#8220;the fact remains that it is a fairly basic rendering of an important historical story&#8221; that &#8220;never really engages with its science&#8221; and &#8220;never acknowledges the extent to which Pasteur\u2019s own work built upon that of others.&#8221; Well, biopics tend to do that, don&#8217;t they &#8212; so the question remains whether the story told here is a compelling one, but I&#8217;m afraid it&#8217;s mostly not. A side romance between Muni&#8217;s daughter and a young scientist (Donald Woods) merely distracts, and Pasteur&#8217;s foil &#8212; skeptical Dr. Charbonnet (Leiber) &#8212; is conveniently portrayed as uniformly combative until a pivotal narrative moment. With all that said, it&#8217;s easy to imagine 1930s audiences eager to learn more about this tenaciously brilliant man who was responsible for saving so many lives, and Muni is fine in the leading role.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Paul Muni as Louis Pasteur<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Story-of-Louis-Pasteur-Muni.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Story-of-Louis-Pasteur-Muni.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-43712\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Story-of-Louis-Pasteur-Muni.png 480w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Story-of-Louis-Pasteur-Muni-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Story-of-Louis-Pasteur-Muni-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Tony Gaudio&#8217;s cinematography<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Story-of-Louis-Pasteur-Cinematography.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Story-of-Louis-Pasteur-Cinematography.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-43713\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Story-of-Louis-Pasteur-Cinematography.png 480w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Story-of-Louis-Pasteur-Cinematography-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Story-of-Louis-Pasteur-Cinematography-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, though Muni fans or Oscar-completists will of course want to check it out. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0028313\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aycyas.com\/thestoryoflouispasteur.htm\">And You Call Yourself a Scientist! Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/2615\/the-story-of-louis-pasteur#articles-reviews?articleId=91139\">TCM Article<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1936\/02\/10\/archives\/the-story-of-louis-pasteur-at-the-strand-is-a-notable-if-freehand.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Remember our aim: find the microbe, kill the microbe!&#8221; Synopsis: In 18th century France, chemist Louis Pasteur (Paul Muni) &#8212; with support from his loving wife (Josephine Hutchins) and daughter (Anita Louise) &#8212; ignores the criticisms of a skeptical doctor (Fritz Leiber) while developing a vaccine against anthrax and a cure for rabies. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Akim Tamiroff Films Biopics Do-Gooders Doctors and Nurses &#8220;No One Believes Me!&#8221; Paul Muni Films Scientists William Dieterle Films Review: Groundbreaking chemist&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=43709\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43709","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43709","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=43709"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43709\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":71552,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43709\/revisions\/71552"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=43709"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=43709"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=43709"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}