Indianapolis Times, Volume 47, Number 297, Indianapolis, Marion County, 20 February 1936 — Page 16

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'STORY OF LOUIS PASTEUR' OPENS TOMORROW AT APOLLO

Picture Is Great Triumph for Paul Muni, Who Plays Part of French Scientist Industry Also Scores in Producing Movie Preserving Memory of the Man Who Gave to World the Germ Theory of Disease. BY JOHN W. THOMPSON He told doctors to wash their hands. They laughed at him. He told them microbes caused disease. They guffawed. “The Story of Louis Pasteur,” opening at the Apollo tomorrow, has been made into a beautiful and entertaining movie, and is a double

triumph for Paul Muni, w’ho finally gets to play the sort of role he likes, and for the movie industry which shows what it can preserve for coming generations. Living a secluded life in Paris

during the 1860’s, Louis Pasteur, surrounded by his lively brood and patient wife, worked on revolutionary scienti fi c experiments. All about him, old -school French medics were using unsanitary Instruments, clumsy methods and carrying disease wher-

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ever they practiced. So irate became the naturally quiet Pasteur that he distributed pamphlets warning them to sterilize their instruments and cleanse their hands when at work. For this “outrageous propaganda” Pasteur was summoned to appear before Emperor Napoleon 111 At the palace Pasteur talked with Charbonnet, court physician, and the Emperor about the presence of gqrms In all matter. He predicted that one of the court ladies would die of child-bed fever, which he is sure will be carried to her by Dr. Charbonnet’s instruments. For this statement, Pasteur was ordered by the Emperor to make a public retraction of everything he had said about germs. After the Franco-Prussian war the new French republic was faced with a five-billion franc debt to Germany. The money was expected to come from livestock but the cattle were dying of anthrax. It was learned that the livestock In a small province, Arbois, was not infected. A government scientist accompanied by young Dr. Jean Martel, visited the place and found Pasteur innoculating sheep. Doctors Visit Scientist The older doctor would not believe that Pasteur had a cure for the disease but Martel, who stayed to help Pasteur, fell in love with his daughter, Annette. To prove his theory, Pasteur agreed to test his Eerum on 25 sheep, while 25 others were to be penned up without innoculation. All were given the disease and Pasteur’s serum saved 25. Instantly the world was at his feet. But the plucky little chemist had anew problem. It was to find a cure for the dreaded rabies. For years he worked, and found what he thought was the right serum. Charbonnet visited him, scoffed at his id a, and injected rabies virus into his own arm. He failed to contract the disease but by accident Pasteur discovered that the virus Charbonnet used was two weeks old. With this information he modified his serum, and in desperation, tried it first on a young boy who was brought to his home suffering from the bite of a mad dog. The boy recovered. While Pasteur was waiting for the world to accept his serum, Annette was with a child. No doctor was

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available. Finally Charbonnet agreed to treat the girl if Pasteur would sign a paper admitting that his rabies serum was a fake. Pasteur agreed and was soon after stricken with apoplexy. When he regained consciousness he found all France worshipping him, and a final tribute was paid him by the French academy, which conferred its highest honor on him. Muni Is Excellent With sharp, sure strokes Mr. Muni has molded his Louis Pasteur into the finest movie role he yet has played. It is simple but beyond its simplicity one can sense the tremendous preparation the actor went through to give it authenticity. Mr. Muni shoves himself rigxit at the Academy award for the best acting of the year with this almost perfect dramatization. The picture is filled with wellplayed parts. Donald Woods, remembered here for his fine work with the Casey Players stock company, does well as Jean Martel. Henry O’Neill makes an excellent Roux, Pasteur’s assistant, and Josephine Hutchinson an excellent Marie Pasteur, sympathetic wife. Anita Louise is pleasant and lovely as Annette and Fritz Leiber, veteran Shakespearean actor, Is villainous as Charbonnet. If you don’t see another movie for six months, you shouldn’t miss “The Story of Louis Pasteur.”

Musical Program Is Open to Public A demonstration program, showing comparative progress possible between class and private instruction in music and dramatic art, is to be presented at 8 Saturday night in Odeon Hall by the Arthur Jordan Conservatory of Music. The public is invited. Twenty students, selected from all departments of the conservatory, are to participate. They include the pupils of Alberta Speicher, dramatics; Lucille Wagner and Earle Howe Jones, piano; Adolph Schellschmidt, string instruments; R. B. Fitzgerald and Pasquale Montani, wind instruments. Joins Film Cast Henrietta Crosman has been added to the cast of “The Moon's Our Home,” the Walter Wanger picture based on Faith Baldwin’s magazine serial, which stars Margaret Sullavan and Henry Fonda under the direction of William Seiter. Old Favorites in Cast Favorites of the early Mack Sennett comedies, including Mack Swain, Chester Conklin and Hank Mann, are being employed by Director Robert Florey in “The Preview Murder Mystery.” Reunited in ‘Desire’ Marlene Dietrich and Gary Cooper, now teamed in “Desire,” also appeared together in “Morocco,” Miss Dietrich’s first picture in the United States.

WHERE, WHAT, WHEN APOLLO "It Had to Happen.” with George Rate, Rosalind Russell and Leo Car* <rlllo. at 11:41. 1:41. 3:41. 5:41. 7:41 and 8:41. CIRCLE “The Lady Consents.” with Ann Harding. Herbert Marshall and Mar?aret Lindsay, ai 11:45. 1:50, 3:50. .55. 8 and 10. INDIANA "The Petrified Forest." featuring Leslie Howard and Bette Davis at 11. 1:17. 3:30 5:50. 8:05 and 10:25. LOEWS “Rose Marie." starring Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Edcfv. at 11:15. 1:24. 3:30. 5:40, 7:55 and 10. LYRIC “Radio City Follies." on stage at 1. 3:53. 6:46 and 9:39. "Mv Marriage." with Claire Trevor. Kent Taylor and Pauline Frederick, on screen at 11:32. 2:25, 5:18. 8:11 and 10:44. OHIO "Music Is Magic,” 10:30, 1:15, 3:47, 6:32. 9:10. "Tnunder In the East,” 11:36, 2:21, 4:53. 7:37. 10:16.

Violinist, Baritone to Be Heard Sunday As the second offering in his concert series, Charles T. Amos is to present W. Richard Douglass, violinist, of Wilberforce University, and Forst Wally Wilson, local Negro baritone, at 5 Sunday in the ballroom of the Walker building, In-aiana-av and West-st. Mr. Douglass attended Chicago Musical College before enrolling at Wilberforce, and Mr. Wilson has studied with Miss Adelaide Conte of the Irvington School of Music and Fred Jefry at the Arthur Jordan Conservatory, as well as with R. Todd Duncan and Oscar Seagel in New York. Lucy Belle Dupee is the accompanist. The following numbers are to be heard: Adagic from "Moonlight Sonata" Beethoven "Dark Eyes” (Russion Gypsy Folk Song) Grooms Menuett Haydn Mr. Douglass. "Arm! Arm! Ye Brave" . ...G. F. Handel "Lolita" A. Buzzi-Peccia “Take, O Take Those Lips Away” from Shakespeare’s "Measure for Measure" Frank La Forge Mr. Wilson. "Blue Butterflies” (Valse Caprice)....Dore "Air for the G Str-lng” Bach Ninth Concerto De Beriot Adagio Rondo Mr. Douglass. "Wade In the Water" from "Suite Moderne” Douglass "Nobody Knows de Trouble I See,” from "Suite Moderne" Douglass “Lament” from "Bandanna Sketches’ r White

Mr .Douglass. “Drink to Me Only” (Old English Air). “De Glory Road” Jacques Wolfe ‘‘An’ I Cry” Eva Jessye Mr. Wilson. “Danse Hongroise” Bohm “An der Fruhling” Grieg Concerto in D Major Seitz Allegro Moderato Andante con Molto Allegretto Finale Mr. Douglass. .Work Completed on 'Sutter's Gold' Film Times Special HOLLYWOOD, Feb. 20.—“Sutter’s Gold,” a story of early California and the discovery of gold, was completed this week after two months’ work. The picture stars Edward Arnold, and the cast of more than 100 name parts includes Lee Tracy, Binnie Barnes, Priscilla Lawson, John Miljan and Katherine Alexander.

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Star's Daughter Selects Career Leslie Ruth Howard Wants to Bea Veterinary. Timet Special HOLLYWOOD, Feb. 20.—Leslie Ruth Howard, 11-year-old daughter of Leslie Howard, has chosen her career. She’s going to be a veterinary and it has Howard’s entire approval. “If Leslie wants to be a veterinary it is all right with me,” Howard said. “I don’t believe in trying to run a child’s life. Besides, I am sure she would ir.ake a good one. “Animals are a passion with Leslie. Shd particularly is fond of horses and dogs, and has an amazing faculty for making friends with animals and birds of every sort.

fHE GAMBLED "hITS DAUGHTER’S LIFE ! That Our Children Might Live! 1 There have been great moments on the screen—but none to surpass that electric second when this champion of humanity had “Blazes'a'neil *° c * ec ' cle w^ was dearer to his heart—the fate of his own trail in pictures. daughter, or that of unborn generations. The choice he made Somethin? to was l!l(e every o^er momen * °* his life—heroic! And here is cheer about'* +ha+ lsfe re ' ,ived in a,t + he drama of its fearless combat with the -urtnoiMo fearful enemies of man—in a picture that, as hundreds have told us, "stands among the significant works of the screen." H wA Ht l'ljo'l f __*_* n't U PAUL MUNI I 'THE STORY OF gjt J LOUIS PASTEUR With JOSEPHINE HUTCHINSON • ANITA LOUISE -,v lift frta maa’j J §§ DONALD WOODS • FRITZ LEWER • MANY OTHERS ClrDcUd ** Wlillom Dlet*rf • A CotraopoOtM ProdwtHa* • a First National = ™ mim rfim.t,~n arS ROSALIND RUSSELL MTJfV f ,TYtT R f‘l JI I 1 II fe in "IT HAD TO HAPPEN"

Attempts Comeback

K; ' fSfc; '!* Al f * In one of the scenes of “Rose Marie,” at Loew’s, you’ll see Gilda Gray, famous dancer of days gone by. She is attempting a comeback in pictures.

Pauline Lord Is Back on Stage Actress Quits Movies for 'Ethan Frome’ Lead. NEW YORK, Feb. 20.—After a season in pictures, Pauline Lord is back on Broadway as the lead in “Ethan Frome,” general choice of critics as the year’s dramatic hit. The play is an adaptation by Owen and Donald Davis of Edith Wharton’s popular novel. Directed by Guthrie McClintic, designed by Jo Mielziner, and featuring Ruth Gordon and Raymond Massey with Miss Lord, it has been drawing capacity crowds since its recent premiere. In the role of Zenoia Frome, Miss Lord is said to equal her performance in “Anna Christie.” It was her portrayal of the title part in the O’Neill melodrama that first brought

her fame. She played it for two years throughout America and then took the play to London where an opening-night audience stood cheering for half an hour after the performance. Other of her successful portrayals were the flirtatious wife m “They Knew What They Wanted,”

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and Abby, the housekeeper in “ThD Late Christopher Bean.” Paul Lukas Given Role Paul Lukas has been awarded a major role with Marlene Dietrich and Charles Boyer in “I Loved a Soldier.” Lukas joins a cast which also includes John Miljan. Lionel Stander and Akim Tamiroff.