The Life of Emile Zola

In 1936 Warner Bros. produced *The Story of Louis Pasteur*, a film which is considered to be one of the first grand biopics in the history of Hollywood. A year later, Warner Bros. repeated the formula by reuniting director William Dieterle with Oscar-winning actor Paul Muni who would play another great figure of 19th century French history in *The Life of Émile Zola*. In the film, Muni plays the famous French author…