Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920/II film)

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920/II film)

Infobox Film
name = Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde


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director = J. Charles Haydon
producer = Louis Meyer
writer = Robert Louis Stevenson (novel)
J. Charles Haydon
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released = Flagicon|USA April 1920
runtime = 40 min.
country = USA
language = Silent film
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amg_id = 1:227218
imdb_id = 0011131

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"Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" (1920) is a 40-minute horror film, directed and written by J. Charles Haydon. It is the third adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's novel "Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde" (The first 1920 adaptation is "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" starring John Barrymore and the second "Der Januskopf", directed by F. W. Murnau). The Haydon version is somewhat overshadowed by the version starring Barrymore and released by Paramount Pictures the same year.

Cast

* Sheldon Lewis as Dr. Jekyll / Mr. Hyde
* Alex Shannon as Dr. Lanyon
* Dora Mills Adams as Mr. Lanyon
* Gladys Field as Bernice Lanyon
* Harold Foshay as Edward Utterson
* Leslie Austin as Danvers Carew

Plot

At the first transformation starts with Jekyll's butler exclaiming that Jekyll is now "the Apostle from Hell!" Hyde, complete with fangs and scraggy hair skulks through the city committing such heinous acts as stealing a woman's purse. The police eventually catch up with Hyde, interrogate him, put him in gaol and strap him to the electric chair. Sitting in his chair at home, Jekyll awakes from his nightmare to declare, "I believe in God! I have a soul..." and decides not to create the chemical potion.

External links

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