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 The Story of Louis Pasteur (1936 b 87')   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Pasteur says that three of ten women are dying in child-birth because of germs from doctors.
Pasteur begs him to boil his instruments; but he makes Pasteur sign a statement his rabies research is fruitless.
Pasteur's story is structured to dramatize his discoveries and makes many wonderful points about how to prevent and cure disease; but perhaps more significantly it shows the skepticism an innovator must overcome with hard work and perseverance in order to make progress for humanity.
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It was Pasteur who showed by his experiments, including heat treatment and the use of his famous swan-necked flasks, that the opposite was true: these rods and spheres were the cause of the rotting and the spoiling of wine, not a consequence.
Pasteur found that the resulting weakened micro-organisms did not cause disease, but made the animal immune to the effects of virulent forms of the same disease-causing organism.
Pasteur accept the challenge and 25 sheep were vaccinated and then given anthrax germs, whilst another 25 were given just the germs.
www.iah.bbsrc.ac.uk /schools/scientists/pasteur.htm   (1119 words)

  
 Louis Pasteur | Chemist
Louis Pasteur was born on December 27, 1822 in Dole, in the region of Jura, France.
Pasteur's phenomenal contributions to microbiology and medicine can be summarized as follows: First, he championed changes in hospital practices to minimize the spread of disease by microbes.
Pasteur was a thorough, highly intuitive researcher who always considered the wider ramifications to his work.
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 Amazon.com: Story of Louis Pasteur: Video: Paul Muni,Josephine Hutchinson,Anita Louise,Donald Woods,Fritz Leiber,Henry ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
The fact that we know Pasteur is right does not take away from the drama of the story, and it does not hurt to be reminded of society's immense capability for stubbornly insisting on being stupid in the fact of evidence of a brave new world.
Pasteur, a French chemist in the 1860's is ridiclued and scorned by the French Academy of Medicine for his theories postulating the microbial origins of infectious disease.
Pasteur settles in Abois where he perfects a vaccine for the prevention of an anthrax epidemic that is decimating the cattle and sheep population of the country.
www.amazon.com /Story-Louis-Pasteur-William-Dieterle/dp/B00003OSTS   (2323 words)

  
 Endervidualism Agora - The Story of Louis Pasteur (1936) - reviewed by Tom Ender
The scene shifts to a group of doctors one of whom is denouncing Pasteur, and quickly shifts again to the French Emperor who is speaking with Dr. Charbonnet (Fritz Leiber).
The camera next focuses on Louis Pasteur (Paul Muni) who is dictating a letter to his wife Marie (a young Josephine Hutchinson) responding to doctors who have apparently claimed he is responsible for the death of their colleague in the opening scene.
Pasteur answers back that French doctors are responsible for a 30% mortality rate of new mothers from childbed fever.
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 Story of Louis Pasteur and the Making of Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God: A Famous Film Influencing a ...
Story of Louis Pasteur and the Making of Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God: A Famous Film Influencing a Famous Novel?, The
In a scene with resonances of African Trickster stories (Hurston's profession was fl folklore anthropology), the mad dying Tea Cake had bitten Janie, an act their doctor warned explicitly and repeatedly that could infect her in turn.
Pasteur's immunization treatment of rabies was his crowning achievement in both films.
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 Louis Pasteur Biography (Scientist) — Infoplease.com
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This well-written biography details the interesting and dynamic life of Louis Pasteur in an accurate and inspirational manner.
This biography of Louis Pasteur examines how he balanced his life as a student, researcher, and husband.
Pasteur approached research in a new and different direction than other scientists; he started from an imaginative guess, and then tested it to see if it was correct.
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But Kay Francis was not the only female doctor; June Allyson plays Emily Dunning in the true story of a turn-of-the-century woman who blazed the trail for female physicians despite rampant sexism.
Louis Pasteur's quest to discover a cure for anthrax was continually challenged by his rival in bacteriology, Dr. Charbonnet.
The Story of Louis Pasteur (1936) injects melodrama into the medical biopic, but the real star of the show is Paul Muni, who disappears behind the make-up to brilliantly personify the French scientist--and win an Academy Award for his performance.
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 Vaccinations - Are Vaccines Really Safe and Effective?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
One of the greatest heroes of modern medicine is Louis Pasteur, the creator of the "germ theory," the ideological foundation for vaccines.
But the real history of vaccines, and the real story of Louis Pasteur, is something quite different.
In his early career, Pasteur did believe that germs were the cause of disease.
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 A Hotlist on Famous Scientists   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Life Story of Louis Pasteur - An easy to read summary of Louis Pasteur's life story.
Inventor of the Week: Louis Pasteur - A brief summary of Pasteur's contributions to society.
Louis Pasteur Disproves Evolution - A summary of Louis Pasteur disproving spontaneous generation.
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 TCM By The Book - Lives on Film: The Story of Louis Pasteur
The major theme of The Story of Louis Pasteur involves change and the status quo.
Watch both these films and contrast them with The Story of Louis Pasteur.
Warner Bros. thought this story might not be interesting in the 1930s.
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 Pasteur, Louis 1822-1895 books, find the lowest prices
Louis Pasteur : And the Founding of Microbiology
Louis Pasteur : De Besancon a Paris, L'envol
Louis Pasteur : And the Hidden World of Microbes
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 Movie Info for The Story of Louis Pasteur on MSN Movies
The famed French scientist is continually challenged and thwarted by his principal rival, hidebound bacteriologist 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.
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 The Story of Louis Pasteur   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Currently, there are not enough Tomatometer critic reviews for The Story of Louis Pasteur to receive a rating.
It follows Pasteur's career from the early 1860s, when, in response to the entreaties of the French government he developed a method of preserving beer and wine.
Feivel never had it quite this bad: Kate Winslet, Hugh Jackman, and more lend their famous voices to this CGI comedy about a mouse who inadvertently flushes himself down the toilet.
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 Amazon.com: The Story Of Louis Pasteur: Video: Paul Muni,Josephine Hutchinson,Anita Louise,Donald Woods,Fritz ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Einstein said that "great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from men with mediocre minds" and no truer words could be spoken about Pasteur and his career.
A great movie for anyone with an interest in microbiology, medicine, or epidemiology, but just a terrific story for everyone.
Pasteur became famous for his involvement, in among other things, demanding that doctors sterilize their instruments and wash their hands, in finding a vaccine for anthrax, and developing a treatment for rabies.
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 Sheridan Gibney Biography :: Hollywood.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Gibney won Oscars for telling "The Story of Louis Pasteur" (1936), the first of Warner Brothers prestige biopics of the mid-1930s which starred Paul Muni.
He also served as president of the Screen Writers Guild from 1930-41 and 1947-48 and lent his writing talents to TV and theatrical plays and operatic librettos as well.
He also produced a film he also wrote for the screen, "Our Hearts Were Young and Gay" (1944).
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 TIME.com: Oscars of 1937 -- Mar. 15, 1937 -- Page 1   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Oscar for the 1936 best performance by an actor went last week to Paul Muni, who attended the banquet wearing the beard he used in his forthcoming The Woman I Love.
The award was for his work in the title role of The Story of Louis Pasteur.
Screenwriters Sheridan Gibney and Pierre Collings, who wrote and adapted The Story of Louis Pasteur, got two Oscars, for the best original screen story and the best screen adaptation of the year.
www.time.com /time/magazine/article/0,9171,757376,00.html   (443 words)

  
 Paul Muni Biography :: Hollywood.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Dynamic actor from the Yiddish stage who earned an Oscar nomination for his 1929 film debut in "The Valiant".
Muni's performance as the volatile mob boss in "Scarface" (1932) led to a long-term contract with Warner Bros. and he made his mark in a series of critically acclaimed biopics, portraying the likes of Louis Pasteur and Emile Zola.
He subsequently divided his time between the stage and screen, making intermittent film appearances until faltering eyesight ended his career in 1959.
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 The Story of Louis Pasteur (1935)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Plot Outline: Biography of the man who invented pasteurization and made the first vaccine against rabies.
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 Past Winners Database
The Story of Louis Pasteur - Henry Blanke
Paul Muni - The Story of Louis Pasteur
The Story of Louis Pasteur - Pierre Collings, Sheridan Gibney
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 Unusual Gifts : The Story Of Louis Pasteur
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 NPR : Movie Review: 'Luther'
Morning Edition, September 26, 2003 · Luther is a new film about 16th century Protestant reformation leader Martin Luther, described by some as a rebel, a genius and a liberator.
The movie is reminiscent of old-style Hollywood biopics, such as The Story of Louis Pasteur and The Life of Emile Zola.
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 1936 Academy Awards® Winners and History
PAUL MUNI in "The Story of Louis Pasteur", Gary Cooper in "Mr.
The film followed Ziegfeld's career rise from his lowly beginnings to the days of his extravagant Ziegfeld Follies, including his complicated love life with two marriages to beautiful actresses Anna Held (Rainer) and Billie Burke (Loy).
The second biopic of the year was director William Dieterle's and Warner Bros.' The Story of Louis Pasteur (with four nominations and three wins - Best Actor, Best Original Story, and Best Screenplay) about the life of the great medical science pioneer/chemist who discovered the anthrax vaccine that saved French cattle from the fl plague.
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 Saúde e Sociedade I   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Writing credits Pierre Collings (also story) and Sheridan Gibney (also story)
"The Stroy of Louis Pasteur" is an example of Hollywood's Golden Era at its
It is now known that The Story of Louis Pasteur
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 1936 Academy Awards
Paul Muni as Louis Pasteur in "THE STORY OF LOUIS PASTEUR"
And the winner is: Paul Muni for "THE STORY OF LOUIS PASTEUR"
And the winner is: THE STORY OF LOUIS PASTEUR
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 1936 Academy Awards
Paul Muni in "The Story of Louis Pasteur"
Pierre Collings and Sheridan Gibney for "The Story of Louis Pasteur"
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 Jedi Council Forums - Hindsight is 20-20: Oscar Ceremonies of the Past (Disc. 1946)
Deeds and San Francisco; the others, save for The Story of Louis Pasteur, are all on my list to see.
Of those two San Francisco is by far the better film.
Of these, I think Van Dyke would be the better pick than Capra; San Francisco climaxes in a brilliant earthquake sequence that remains visceral and thrilling to this day.
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 AV #61815 - Laser Disc - The Story of Louis Pasteur   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
AV #61815 - Laser Disc - The Story of Louis Pasteur
Historically accurate docudrama illustrating the famous French scientist’s struggles in developing an anthrax and a rabies vaccine.
Directed William Dieterle; story and screenplay by Sheridan Gibney and Pierre Collings.
www.sfsu.edu /~avitv/avcatalog/61815.htm   (90 words)

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