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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is a 1920 American silent horror film produced by Famous Players–Lasky and released through Paramount /Artcraft. The film, which stars John Barrymore, is an adaptation of the 1886 novella Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson. [4] John S. Robertson directed the production, and Clara Beranger ...
- March 28, 1920 (New York premiere)
- Famous Players–Lasky/Artcraft Pictures
Recently viewed. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde: Directed by John S. Robertson. With John Barrymore, Brandon Hurst, Martha Mansfield, Charles Lane. Dr. Henry Jekyll experiments with scientific means of revealing the hidden, dark side of man and releases a murderer from within himself.
- John S. Robertson
- 3 min
Hyde (John Barrymore) does not react well to Carew’s (Brandon Hurst) withdrawal of his daughter’s hand in marriage in Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (Paramount 1920) Enraged, Jekyll reverts to Hyde and violently murders Carew in a scene which, glimpsed in its authentic blue tint and projected at the correct speed of 18 frames per second, is as ...
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is a 1920 horror film directed and written by J. Charles Haydon, starring Sheldon Lewis, based on the 1886 novel Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson. The Sheldon Lewis version was somewhat overshadowed by the 1920 Paramount Pictures version starring John Barrymore, which had been released ...
- Louis Meyer
- Sheldon Lewis
Rated: A-Mar 8, 2011 Full Review TV Guide One of three 1920 adaptations of Robert Louis Stevenson's classic allegorical chiller, the Paramount Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is remembered primarily for ...
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- John Barrymore
- John S. Robertson
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is a 1920 American silent horror film produced by Famous Players–Lasky and released through Paramount/Artcraft. The film, which stars John Barrymore, is an adaptation of the 1886 novella Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson. John S. Robertson directed the production, and Clara Beranger wrote the screenplay, based on the 1887 stage play by ...
Dr. Henry Jekyll experiments with scientific means of revealing the hidden, dark side of man and releases a murderer from within himself. 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 ...