The Story of Louis Pasteur

The Story of Louis Pasteur

Director: William Dieterle Cast: Paul Muni
Paul Muni
, Josephine Hutchinson
Josephine Hutchinson
, Anita Louise
Anita Louise
, Donald Woods
Donald Woods
William Dieterle
The Story of Louis Pasteur

The Story of Louis Pasteur

Director: William Dieterle Cast: Paul Muni
Paul Muni
, Josephine Hutchinson
Josephine Hutchinson
, Anita Louise
Anita Louise
, Donald Woods
Donald Woods
William Dieterle

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Overview

"Every time Paul Muni parts his beard and looks through a microscope, we lose a million dollars." Producer Jack Warner's lament concerning Muni's historical dramas is cute enough, but hardly backed up by facts; the economically produced The Story of Louis Pasteur proved to be a surprise hit for the Brothers Warner. The Sheridan Gibney-Pierre Collings screenplay concentrates on Pasteur's tireless efforts to find a cure for anthrax and hydrophobia. The famed French scientist is continually challenged and thwarted by his principal rival, hidebound bacteriologist Dr. Charbonnet (Fritz Leiber). The film's climax, involving a desperate Pasteur, the immovable Charbonnet, Pasteur's ailing daughter (Anita Louise), and a hydrophobia-infected youngster (Dickie Moore), is straight out of the Curfew Shall Not Ring Tonight school of melodrama. Within the film's context, however, this contrivance works magnificently. Virtually thrown away by Warners upon its first release, The Story of Louis Pasteur was finally awarded class-A treatment when the picture proved to be favorite with audiences and critics alike; Paul Muni's Academy Award win was the mere icing on the cake. The film's success led to Warners' decision to go ahead with 1937's The Life of Emile Zola, also starring Muni. This time, the studio copped its first Best Picture Oscar.

Product Details

Release Date: 02/20/2018
UPC: 0888574406257
Original Release: 1936
Rating: NR
Source: Warner Archives
Presentation: [B&W]
Sound: [Dolby Digital Mono, Dolby Digital Stereo]
Language: English
Time: 1:26:00
Sales rank: 26,777

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits
Paul Muni Louis Pasteur
Josephine Hutchinson Mme. Pasteur
Anita Louise Annette Pasteur
Donald Woods Jean Martel
Fritz Leiber Dr. Charbonnet
Henry O'Neill Dr. Emile Roux
Porter Hall Rossignol
Raymond Brown Radisse
Akim Tamiroff Dr. Zaranoff
Walter Kingsford Napoleon III
Iphigenie Castiglioni Empress Eugenie
Herbert Heywood Boncourt
Frank Reicher Dr. Pheiffer
Halliwell Hobbes Dr. Joseph Lister
Dickie Moore Phillip Meister
Herbert Corthell President Louis-Adolphe Thiers
Frank Mayo President Sadi Carnot
William Burress Doctor
Robert Strange Magistrate
Mabel Colcord A Lady
Niles Welch Courier
Leonard Mudie Coachman
Brenda Fowler Midwife
Eric Mayne Lord Chamberlain
Alphonse Ethier Finance Minister
Edward Van Sloan Chairman
George Andre Beranger Assistant
C. Montague Shaw British Reporter
Otto Hoffman Farmer
Tempe Pigott Woman
Richard Alexander Burly Farmer
Lottie Williams Cecile,Cecile
Baron Hesse Fat Doctor
Wheaton Chambers Alsatian
Leonid Snegoff Russian Ambassador
Fred Walton Government Inspector
Wilfred Lucas Reporter
Ferdinand Schumann-Heink Reporter
Bill Elliott Actor
Tempe Piggott Woman
Jack Santoro Actor

Technical Credits
William Dieterle Director
Sheridan Gibney Screenwriter
Pierre Collings Screenwriter
Henry Blanke Producer
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