Doctor henry jekylls enthusiasm for science and his selfless acts of service have made him a muchadmired man. The teleplay, for all its adaptation, is one of the most faithful versions of this familiar story. This video was originaly published in wikipedia here. Jekyll allows his dark side to run wild when he drinks a potion that turns him into the evil mr. Hyde critics consensus despite its powerful cast, stevensons classic story loses its social and sexual undertones in this lustless, but still decently entertaining, adaptation.
In this one, john barrymore plays the humanitarian dr. Hyde1920 scanner internet archive html5 uploader 1. Hyde silent movie, this is eleven minutes long and was released january 16, 1912. Charles haydon, starring sheldon lewis, based on the 1886 novel the strange case of dr. The dreaded night when her lover became a madman dr. Oct 26, 2017 doctor henry jekyll s enthusiasm for science and his selfless acts of service have made him a muchadmired man.
A merciful runtime and a talented lead performance by john barrymore keep things mildly interesting but the supposed degeneracy of mr. As it happened, barrymores version was one of two silent film treatments. Henry jekyll john barrymore is intelligent and diligent, but also uptight and extremely serious about his work. Hyde is a 1931 american precode horror film, directed by rouben mamoulian and starring fredric march, who plays a possessed doctor who tests his new formula that can unleash peoples inner demons. Hyde of 1911 mostly because this is the oldest version still in existence. Hyde is a 1920 horror film directed and written by j. This early silent version of robert louis stevensons classic novella the strange case of dr. This is the one with the cover with the chalk writing. Hyde but when i saw this version, it scared me to the core. With almost no makeup beyond his gnarled, knobby fingers and greasy hair, barrymore relies almost solely on a bugeyed grimace, a spidery body. Turner and warners have rebounded from their double album of wax museum movies with an even more prestigious pairing of classic horror, two versions of stevensons the strange case of dr. Henry jekyll experiments with scientific means of revealing the hidden, dark side of man and releases a murderer from within himself.
Hyde, and costarred his real life wife marguerite snow as well. Release dates 12 also known as aka 23 release dates usa 18 march 1920 new york city, new york usa 12 april 1920. John lee mahin screen play, robert louis stevenson based on the novella bystars. Quite a standardfare silent film as far as i am concerned.
Hyde is not without a few flaws, although the most significant of them might be attributed to the films age and the resulting scarcity or perhaps nonexistence of truly complete prints. The film is an adaptation of the strange case of dr jekyll and mr hyde, the 1886 robert louis stevenson tale of a man who takes a potion which turns him from a mildmannered man. The film, which stars john barrymore, was a film adaptation of the 1886 novella the strange case of dr jekyll and mr hyde by robert louis stevenson. Selig, this was the first ever film adaptation of robert louis stevensons 1886 novel strange case of dr jekyll and mr hyde. Jekyll is romantically involved with a woman named alice. Namely, the editing occasionally comes off as choppy, especially in a sequence where hydes paramour gina nita naldi describes the. Unfortunately, john barrymores flamboyant performance in the title roles is overly melodramatic, and his transformation from dr. Stage legend john barrymores performance in the 1920 feature film dr. Dozens of film adaptations have been made, starring everyone from spencer tracy to adam baldwin, the 1931 fredric march version being arguably the most famous. With sheldon lewis, alex shannon, dora mills adams, gladys field. He believes that no matter how good someone is, they have both good and evil. Principal photography took place between december 1919 and january 1920 in the rooftop auditorium of the amsterdam opera house on 44th st.
Jekyll drinks his formula and is transformed into the evil mr. This is almost like a cliff note version of the fulllength fredric march version. Hyde seem to be a bit mellowed out, even by 20s standards. Hyde in one of the more modern versions, but nobody has ever portrayed it as successfully as john barrymore did.
Filmed in new rochelle, new york, released in 1912 and directed by lucius henderson, this adaptation begins with the whitehaired dr. Dr jekyll and mr hyde silent 1920 john barrymore youtube. Hyde je americki crnobijeli nijemi horor film snimljen 1920. The sheldon lewis version was somewhat overshadowed by the 1920 paramount pictures version starring john barrymore, which had been released just the month before. The two similarities between this version and the john barrymore version are the both commit suicide to prevent mr.
Robertson directed the production, and clara beranger wrote the screenplay, based on the 1887 stage play by. Directed by lucius henderson, the film stars actor later noted film director james cruze in the dual role of dr. Hyde 1941passed 1h 53min drama, horror, scifi september 1941 usa dr. Hyde with almost no makeup beyond his gnarled, knobby fingers and greasy hair, relying almost solely on a bugeyed grimace, a spidery body language and pure theatrical. Hyde was published in 1886 and was an immediate hit. Predstavlja adaptaciju znamenite pripovjetke roberta louisa stevensona o idealistickom londonskom ljekaru koji eksperimentirajuci sa lijekovima razvije zlo drugo ja.
Robert louis stevensons novella the strange case of dr. In between february, 1920 and september, 1920, paramount used the downstairs auditorium when it became available. Hyde s activities are the scandal of the city and are a major, though secret. Aug 04, 2014 1968 robert louis stevensons classic tale of messrs. Hyde is a 1912 horror film based on both robert louis stevensons novella strange case of dr jekyll and mr hyde 1886 and on the 1887 play version written by thomas russell sullivan. But as he visits sir george carew one evening, his host criticizes him for his.
Hyde stars john barrymore, martha mansfield, brandon hurst, nita naldi the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 7 min, and received a score of out of. It was in terrible condition, as i assumed it would be for such an old movie, but the darkness and the graininess of the film just added to the horror of it completely. Sure the film is like ancient but ive seen fantastic versions. Dr jekyll and mr hyde 19 usage public domain mark 1.
Jekyll faces horrible consequences when he lets his dark side run wild with a potion that changes him into the animalistic mr. Predstavlja jednu od ranih filmskih adaptacija znamenite pricethe strange case of dr. Henry jekyll in this 1920 silent, barrymore transforms into id incarnate as the lascivious mr. Naslovnu ulogu je tumacio john barrymore kome je to predstavljao jedan od najuspjesnijih. Jekyll and hyde gets a rousing rendition in this madefortelevision production starring jack palance giving a standout performance in the dual roles of the highminded doctor and his uninhibited alter ego.
Jekyll to create an elixir that will be able to bring out the bad side within him. Hyde is a 1920 horror silent film, produced by famous playerslasky and released through paramountartcraft. Henry jekyll john barrymore is working on separating the good and evil aspects from a persons persona and comes up with a potion that holds the key. Dr jekyll and mr hyde 1920 version film the guardian. John barrymores performance in the silent classic dr. Oct 28, 2011 john barrymore appears in the classic 1920 paramount adaptaion of the famous robert louis stevenson story. This movie, a silent classic, has amazing special effects for its day. This 1920 pioneer film corporation production is the third screen version of the strange case of dr. The first is a classic in every sense, brilliantly directed and acted in high dramatic style. Hyde and stars philadelphia native sheldon lewis, and was directed by j. Fish and luella forepaugh from their own 1897 four act.
Hyde is a 1908 silent horror film starring hobart bosworth, and betty harte in her film debut. In 1920, filmgoers were treated to no fewer than two different film versions of robert louis stevensons dr. With john barrymore, martha mansfield, brandon hurst, charles lane. The film is based upon robert louis stevensons novella the. Hyde 1920 is described by barrymore biographer margot peters as a revelation the first real evidence that a great stage actor could transfer that talent to the screen and be appreciated by a public who had never entered a theater in its life. Please note that this is a silent movie and no soundtrack has been added.