Well-attended private views have been given to the forthcoming proauction of "The Story of Louis Pastoe" at the Grand Theatre. The noble Frenchman's brilliant struggle for knowledge against ignorance, prejudice and obscurantism has been made the theme of a remarkably Jdramatic cinema. Paul Muni is entrusted with the ehlet part and, Jaccording 10 those who have been privileged to see the film, achieves a masterpiece of characterization. The producers have cleverly built up a really enthralling plot round the character of the chemist of Arbols who had to meet with such deter mined opposition in pressing his discoveries on serious attention. Huxley's opinion that Pasteur's success in find-Ing means to prevent chicken cholera and anthrax saved France enough money to pay the whole cost of the }War Indemnity paid in 1870, is taken to give a specially dramatic turn to the story. His even more famous Investigation of rabies and his courageous test of the value of his experiments bring the cinema to a ne lime: in which Lord Lister— effectively played by the veteran Benzonian, "Halliwell Hobbes—pays Jan eloquent tribute to a fellow. scientist "in the name of humanity: The prodvetion is well worth com: mendation, both as a technical contribution fo: the cinema's art and xs fan example of the way In which the life of a great man can be commemorate on the screen to the instruction: of the present generation. Mention should be made of Biss Josephine Hutchinson's moving per~ Tormance a Mme Pasteur, the loyal and devoted wife without whose enthusiasm and careful regard' for his never robust constitution, Pasteur's work could not have been carried to Lis ultimate triumphs.
Taiyuan, Mr. 29.
Two more strategic points in west hansi, Chiaokou and Shikou, were recaptured by the provincial forces from the Communists on March 27. Mao 'Tze-tung, with 500 of his followers, is reported to have fled westward." During a recent encounter, Mao, his wife, and Yang Shang-kuan, the director of the Red government, only narrowly' escaped death, Central News.
Reds steadily Advancing
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