Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1913 film)

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Directed by	Herbert Brenon
Written by	Herbert Brenon scenario Robert Louis Stevenson novel
Starring	King Baggot Jane Gail Matt Snyder Howard Crampton William Sorelle
Studio	Independent Moving Pictures Co. of America
Release date(s)	This article incorporates text from the public domain 1913 Webster's Dictionary.
Running time	26 min.

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is a 1913 horror film, directed by Herbert Brenon and Carl Laemmle, written by Brenon and produced by Laemmle. It is based on the Robert Louis Stevenson story The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. It stars King Baggot in the dual role of Jekyll and Hyde. The film was re-released in the US in August 1927.^[1]

Like so many other performers of this period, it was standard practice for the actors to apply their own make-up, and while assuming the dual role of Jekyll and Hyde, King Baggot employed a variety of different greasepaints and a tangled mass of crepe hair. Through a series of camera dissolves Baggot was able to achieve the transformation. This is the only version in which Jekyll almost discovers an antidote.

Cast

• King Baggot as Dr. Henry Jekyll/Mr. Hyde
• Jane Gail as Alice
• Matt Snyder as Alice's father
• Howard Crampton as Dr. Lanyon
• William Sorelle as Utterson, the attorney

References

1. ^ "Release dates for Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde". http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0002813/releaseinfo. Retrieved 03 August 2010. 

External links

• Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde at the Internet Movie Database