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Overview

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Director:
John S. Robertson
Writers:
Robert Louis Stevenson (story)
Clara Beranger (scenario)
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Release Date:
April 1920 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama | Horror | Sci-Fi more
Tagline:
The world's greatest actor in a tremendous story of man at his best and worst!
Plot:
Dr. Henry Jekyll experiments with scientific means of revealing the hidden, dark side of man and releases a murderer from within himself. full summary | add synopsis
User Comments:
John Barrymore at his best! more

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Runtime:
67 min (1971 alternate version) | 80 min (Kino Print)
Country:
USA
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Silent
Certification:
USA:Passed (National Board of Review) | UK:A | UK:PG (video rating) | USA:TV-PG (TV rating) | Canada:G (Ontario) | Finland:K-18 (unrated: 2009) | Portugal:17 (director's cut) | USA:Unrated | Finland:K-16
Filming Locations:
Long Island, New York, USA more

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Trivia:
This was one of the first major productions filmed in Paramount's then new Astoria Long Island studios. Opened in 1919 the studios underwent a major soundproofing renovation when talkies arrived in 1929. more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: When Jekyll is pondering to drink the potion for the first time, we see the glass he's to drink from is half filled with potion. In the next shot when Jekyll brings the glass up to his lips the glass is empty. more
Movie Connections:
Featured in Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde (1995) more

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13 out of 14 people found the following comment useful:-
John Barrymore at his best!, 14 January 1999
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Author: Kenneth Cooke from Blacksburg, VA

Nearly everybody has seen the story of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde in one of the more modern versions, but nobody has ever portrayed it as successfully as John Barrymore did. This movie, a silent classic, has amazing special effects for its day. Specifically I refer to the metamorphosis of Dr. Jekyll. You will literally not recognize or believe that the same actor playing Dr. Jekyll is also playing Mr. Hyde. The make-up, the lighting, and Barrymore's excellent acting give you the feeling that this is truly a different, darker, more evil man. Berrymore completes the transition from clean-cut Doctor to dementedly violent madman so naturally that you almost forget it's not real. You have to see this! It'll still scare you after all these years!

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