Another of Warner Brothers' famous biopics and a 'prestige' production,
(it won 3 Oscars, including Best Actor for Paul Muni's performance in
the title role), but it's deadly dull, despite the best efforts of
director William Dieterle to make it 'cinematic'. "The Story of Louis
Pasteur" is more of a civics lesson than a proper motion picture; it
just grinds on and on through this cure and that but for a mercifully
short 86 minutes. Did a Saturday night audience really get fired
up by all these microbes? I mean, where was the sex, (and let's not
count the romance of Donald Wood's eager young doctor and Anita Louise
as Pasteur's daughter)? Nevertheless, it was a hit and for a time people
thought Muni the greatest actor in the movies. I suppose the best that
can be said for it is that it tried to stick to the 'basic' facts; I
just wish the facts were more interesting.
Monday, 11 February 2019
THE STORY OF LOUIS PASTEUR no stars
Another of Warner Brothers' famous biopics and a 'prestige' production,
(it won 3 Oscars, including Best Actor for Paul Muni's performance in
the title role), but it's deadly dull, despite the best efforts of
director William Dieterle to make it 'cinematic'. "The Story of Louis
Pasteur" is more of a civics lesson than a proper motion picture; it
just grinds on and on through this cure and that but for a mercifully
short 86 minutes. Did a Saturday night audience really get fired
up by all these microbes? I mean, where was the sex, (and let's not
count the romance of Donald Wood's eager young doctor and Anita Louise
as Pasteur's daughter)? Nevertheless, it was a hit and for a time people
thought Muni the greatest actor in the movies. I suppose the best that
can be said for it is that it tried to stick to the 'basic' facts; I
just wish the facts were more interesting.
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