Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde (1920)
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Horror Movies & Sci-Fi Movies Database
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Based on the Robert Louis Stevenson story: Doctor Henry Jekyll's enthusiasm for science and his selfless acts of service have made him a much-admired man. But as he visits Sir George Carew one evening, his host criticizes him for his reluctance to experience the more sensual side of life. Sir George goads Jekyll into visiting a music hall, where he watches the alluring dancer Gina. Jekyll becomes fascinated with the two contrasting sides of human nature, and he becomes obsessed with the idea of separating them. After extensive work in his laboratory, he devises a formula that does indeed allow him to alternate between two completely different personalities, his own and that of a brutish, lascivious person whom he names Hyde. It is not long before the personality of Hyde begins to dominate Jekyll's affairs.
Movie Tagline:
The world's greatest actor in a tremendous story of man at his best and worst!
Title: Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde
Release Date: March 18, 1920
Runtime: 67 mins
Genre: Drama
All Genres: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Colors: Black and White
Sound: Silent
IMDB Rating: 7.0
Brimstone Pit Rating: 8 - (Rate This Horror Movie)
Category: Horror Movies Starting With D
MPAA Rating: Unrated
Director(s):
John S. Robertson
Cast:
John Barrymore ...Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde
Charles Lane ...Dr. Richard Lanyon
Brandon Hurst ...Sir George Carew
Cecil Clovelly ...Edward Enfield
Nita Naldi ...Miss Gina - Italian Singer
Alma Aiken ...Extra
J. Malcolm Dunn ...John Utterson
Martha Mansfield ...Millicent Carew - Sir George's Daughter
George Stevens ...Poole, Jekyll's Butler
Edgard Varese ...
Louis Wolheim ...Music Hall Proprietor
Remaining Cast:
Producer(s):
Adolph Zukor
Writer(s):
Robert Louis Stevenson
Clara Beranger
Thomas Russell Sullivan
Composer(s):
Lee Erwin
John Scott
Hugo Riesenfeld
More Movie Taglines:
- The world's greatest actor in a tremendous story of man at his best and worst!
Movie Trivia:
- Many adaptations of the Robert Louis Stevenson's novelette were written as plays and performed; the earliest in the United States by Thomas Russell Sullivan opened in Boston on 9 May 1887 and moved to New York City on 12 May 1887.
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In the short Renaissance flashback memory sequence, where Hyde is explaining to Gina about the poisonous mysteries of his secret ring, set pieces and costumes were brought from "The Jest". That was a hit play in which John Barrymore had starred with brother Lionel Barrymore on Broadway in 1919 before shooting this picture.
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John Barrymore hauled many of his prized potted plants from his apartment to the set to appear in scenery in the movie.
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This was one of the first major productions filmed in Paramount's then new Astoria Long Island studios. Opened in 1919 the studios underwent a major soundproofing renovation when talkies arrived in 1929.
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Tallulah Bankhead was originally offered the role of Millicent, which eventually went to Martha Mansfield.
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Keywords:
Personality, Laboratory, Doctor, Experiment, Dancer ...[more]
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