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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hide 1920
This is Adolph Zukor's production titled Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde for Paramount studios and starring John Barrymore. Before Lon Chaney had established himself as the Master of the Macabre, John Barrymore (1882-1942), famed for his striking profile, revelled in portraying an array of bizarre characters on stage and screen. The film was shot at Paramount's studio on Long Island, New York while Barrymore was also appearing on stage in the evenings as Richard III. Reportedly Barrymore collapsed from nervous exhaustion resulting in a time spent at White Plains sanatorium.
John Stuart Robertson directed the story and at the time claimed the distinction of putting the most title cards into a film. Set in Victorian London, the script introduced elements to the story that were to become standard for future film adaptations, such as the addition of two leading ladies, in this instance Martha Mansfield appears as Jekyll's angelic sweetheart Millicent Carew and Nita Naldi is Gina the curvaceous dancing temptress of London's Soho. Also contrary to the original novel, Hyde's appearance steadily worsened with each transformation, displaying the alter ego's continuing control over Jekyll.
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producer | Zukor, Adolph | screenwriter | Stevenson, Robert L. |
| musicscore | Robertson, John S. |
duration | 67 |
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color | No |
sound | No |
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genre | horror |
country | USA |
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