Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
The world's greatest actor in a tremendous story of man at his best and worst!
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DVD Details
- Rated: Not Rated
- Run Time: 1 hours, 13 minutes
- Video: Black & White
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: October 9, 2001
- Originally Released: 1920
- Label: Kino Video
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | John Barrymore | |
Performer: | Martha Mansfield, Louis Wolheim, Charles Lane, Nita Naldi & Brandon Hurst | |
Directed by | John S. Robertson | |
Screenplay by | Clara S. Beranger | |
Original story by | Robert Louis Stevenson | |
Composition by | Gaylord Carter | |
Cinematography by | Roy Overbaugh |
Entertainment Reviews:
Rating: 3/4 --
One of the first significant American horror movies, and an interesting contrast to the same year's other, more important genre milestone, Germany's 'The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari.'
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Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)
Rating: 4/5 --
Not up to the Mamoulian version, but Barrymore's performance makes it essential.
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
Rating: 4/5 --
One of the better renditions of the tale, thanks to John Barrymore's brilliant silent performance.
Flipside Movie Emporium
Rating: 7/10 --
A wig, hairy prosthetic hands, and a slouched posture were all Barrymore needed to bring Stevenson's defining creation to life, and he did so with gusto.
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Movie Metropolis
Rating: A- --
This was the picture that made Barrymore a household name.
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Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Rating: 2.5/4 --
The split persona at the center of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde hews intriguingly close to the personal foibles of star John Barrymore.
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Slant Magazine
Rating: 3/4 --
One of three 1920 adaptations of Robert Louis Stevenson's classic allegorical chiller, the Paramount Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is remembered primarily for John Barrymore's bravura performance as the title duo.
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TV Guide
Description by OLDIES.com:
Considered by many to be the first great American horror film, John S. Roberton's Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde allowed stage legend John Barrymore to deliver his first virtuoso performance on film. Blending historic charm with grim naturalism, this version of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde is one of the more faithful of the many screen adaptations of Stevenson's story, recounting a visionary scientist's ill-fated attempts to unleash the human mysteries that dwell beneath the shell of the civilized self.
Mastered from a 35mm negative and complemented with a wealth of supplemental material, this Kino on Video edition beautifully showcases the dramatic brilliance and gruesome thrills of this influential American classic.
Product Description:
Based on Robert Louis Stevenson's often adapted 1886 socially conscious horror novella, this version stars the incomparable John Barrymore as Dr. Henry Jekyll, a gentle, saintly Victorian physician. However, when the good Dr. Jekyll meets the diabolical Sir George Carew by chance one evening, Jekyll becomes fascinated by the dark side of the human psyche. Further goading his imagination is the sinfully seductive Miss Gina, who arouses more of Jekyll's nascent sexual and sociopathic longings. Determined to explore the dark side of consciousness without endangering himself, Jekyll concocts a potion that transforms him into Edward Hyde, an uninhibited rogue whom Barrymore brilliantly brings to life with the help of only artificial teeth and fingers. Soon, Jekyll finds that it is becoming harder and harder to separate his two personalities, sending him into a downward spiral that seems destined to end with the destruction of his former identity.
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