Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 1920
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
A doctor's research into the roots of evil turns him into a hideous depraved fiend.
A doctor's research into the roots of evil turns him into a hideous depraved fiend.
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Full Cast & Crew... Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde
... Sir George Carewe
... Millicent Carewe
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Charles Lane... Dr. Richard Lanyon
... Edward Enfield
... Miss Gina
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See All 2 Reviews23 Jun 2021 by talisencrw
A very good early silent with both exquisite direction and a fine acting performance by John Barrymore. Well-worth checking out for cinephiles with a heightened interest in the origins of American horror cinema.
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Release Date:
Mar 18, 1920 (United States)
Run Time:
1hr 19`
MMPA Rating:
NR
Original Language:
English
Production Countries:
United States
Status:
Released
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
A very good early silent with both exquisite direction and a fine acting performance by John Barrymore. Well-worth checking out for cinephiles with a heightened interest in the origins of American horror cinema.
I'd have to admit that John Barrymore was certainly no oil painting. Unlike so many silent-era film stars, he could actually act, rather then just look longingly into the camera and/or the gal's doey eyes. Here he portrays Robert Louis Stevenson's eponymous characters with quite some menace and skill. The story of the eminently respectable "Jekyll" who is fascinated by the human psyche and who experiments with mind/body altering drugs, discovering his inner and pretty unpleasant id in "Mr Hyde" in the process. There now follows a battle royal between the two personalities, the decent and the monstrous, and it rapidly becomes unsafe for those around him - including "Millicent" (Martha Mansfield), whom "Jekyll" loves, and even music hall girl "Gina" (Nita Naldi), the object of the desires of his alter ego. Barrymore is great, here - though some of his transformation scenes did remind me of a rather crazed Richard III playing an invisible piano. Using some dark and dingy locations, the clever use of shadow and Barrymore's own ability to create a considerable sense of menace, this really does have the hairs on the back of your neck paying attention. The visual effects are effective and John Robertson gives us a good solid, adaptation of an eerie, provocative story that still captures the imagination now, but without the characterisations being compromised or overly relying on CGI and the like to distract us from the on-screen antics. Whilst I wouldn't say it was the best - the 1931 version was a cracker too, it is one of those stories that resonates now, as it did then, and this is a terrific interpretation.
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Directors & Credit Writers
SL
Shaw Lovett... Assistant Director
... Director
Cast
... Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde
... Sir George Carewe
... Millicent Carewe
CL
Charles Lane... Dr. Richard Lanyon
... Edward Enfield
... Miss Gina
... Music Hall Proprietor
AA
Alma Aiken... Extra (uncredited)
JMD
J. Malcolm Dunn... John Utterson (uncredited)
... Old Man at Table in Music Hall (uncredited)
... Hyde's Landlady with Lamp (uncredited)
JM
Jack McHugh... Street Kid - Raises Fist to Mr. Hyde (uncredited)
... Patron in Music Hall (uncredited)
BR
Blanche Ring... Woman at Table with Old Man in Music Hall (uncredited)
... Prostitute at Clinic (uncredited)
... Jekyll's Butler Poole (uncredited)
... Policeman (uncredited)
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