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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

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Dr. Henry Jekyll believes that there are two distinct sides to men - a good and an evil side. He believes that by separating the two, man can become liberated. He succeeds in his experiments with chemicals to accomplish this and transforms into Hyde to commit horrendous crimes. When he discontinues use of the drug, it is already too late.

Status: Released

Released Date: 1931-12-24

Runtime: 96 mins

Director: Rouben Mamoulian

Spoken language: English

Genres: Horror, Science Fiction, Drama

Original title: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Production Companies: Paramount Pictures

Production Countries: United States of America

Cast

Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde

Fredric March

Ivy Pearson

Miriam Hopkins

Muriel Carew

Rose Hobart

Dr. John Lanyon

Holmes Herbert

Brig. Gen. Sir Danvers Carew

Halliwell Hobbes

Poole

Edgar Norton

Mrs. Hawkins

Tempe Pigott

Briggs, Lanyon's Butler (uncredited)

Leonard Carey

Party Guest (uncredited)

Sam Harris

Police Inspector (uncredited)

Boyd Irwin

Utterson (uncredited)

Arnold Lucy

Dissenting Doctor at Lecture (uncredited)

Murdock MacQuarrie

Lanyon's Associate at Lecture (uncredited)

Eric Mayne

Ivy's Admirer at Music Hall (uncredited)

Robert Adair

Reviews

John Chard

I have no soul. I'm beyond the pale. I'm one of the living dead! It's one of the most famous pieces of literature ever written, a genius piece of story telling from the trippy mind of Robert Louis Stevenson. That it has consistently been ripe for film and stage adaptations, and continues to be so since it first surfaced in written form in 1866, is testament to what a devilishly intelligent piece of work it is. This 1931 version, directed by Rouben Mamoulian and staring Fredric March, may not be 100% faithful to the source, but it's arguably the finest adaptation to screen, led by a superb performance from March and featuring technical guile by Mamoulian and his team. It's wonderfully stylish, and coming as it did before the Hayes Code, it's sexy and dangerous, awash with terrifying cruelty, with the subversive and Freudian psychological beats making for a Gothic horror classic. Split personality a go go, inhibitions cast asunder, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is priceless. 8/10

2015-10-15

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