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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941)
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September 1941 (USA)
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A Good Woman! A Bad Woman - who needed the love of both! more
Plot:
Dr. Jekyll allows his dark side to run wild when he drinks a potion that turns him into the evil Mr. Hyde. full summary | full synopsis
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Science Runs Amok
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Fiancee
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Nominated for 3 Oscars.
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A true classic. The best version of the story. Tracy at his Best
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Spencer Tracy | ... | Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Hyde |
 | Ingrid Bergman | ... | Ivy Peterson |
 | Lana Turner | ... | Beatrix Emery |
 | Donald Crisp | ... | Sir Charles Emery |
| Ian Hunter | ... | Dr. John Lanyon |
| Barton MacLane | ... | Sam Higgins |
| C. Aubrey Smith | ... | Bishop Manners |
| Peter Godfrey | ... | Poole, Jekyll's Butler |
| Sara Allgood | ... | Mrs. Higgins |
| Frederick Worlock | ... | Dr. Heath (as Frederic Worlock) |
| William Tannen | ... | Intern Fenwick |
| Frances Robinson | ... | Marcia |
| Denis Green | ... | Freddie |
| Billy Bevan | ... | Mr. Weller |
| Forrester Harvey | ... | Old Prouty |
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113 min | Germany:90 min | Germany:108 min (VHS version)
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
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Due to the Hay's Code much of the film had to be watered down from the 1931 version. The character of Ivy Peterson had to be changed from a prostitute to a barmaid.
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Plot holes: There is no logical reason why Ivy would decide to visit Dr Jekyll, since unlike in the 1931 version she does not know who sent her the money, and on the night they met he did not tell her his name.
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Dr. Henry Jekyll:
[as Hyde] When you went to see the good doctor, before you left you said... I almost thought, well what did you think? Maybe that you saw a little bit of ME, Hyde in him?
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Referenced in "The Doris Day Show: Peeping Tom (#5.5)" (1972)
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See Me Dance the Polka
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I have to disagree with the comment "For all you Tracy fans only", and also with the comments that suggest the 1931 version of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is far better.
First of all, I am not a Spencer Tracy fan - at least I didn't consider myself as one. Yes, the word dull came to mind. But after seeing the superb 1941 version of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, I found myself wondering if anyone could have played Dr. Jekyll and especially Mr. Hyde any better than him.
In the 1931s original a handsome, wimpy Dr. Jekyll transforms into an ugly, retarded Mr. Hyde. While this Mr. Hyde hardly resembles his alter ego Jekyll, except for neediness, I do not find that as a strong, interesting controversy in the film. Fredric March was a great actor, but in this film with this script different actors could have played the parts of Jekyll and Hyde and it wouldn't have made any difference. Awkward, still boring film.
I was expecting so much, but stopped taping this pretty soon into the film. The psychology is awful (I am not suggesting that all films should emulate "real" life, but all films should be "real" in a world of their own, whatever it is.) I had seen the 1941s version earlier, and boy, it doesn't have a dull moment. I started watching this for Lana Turner, and there she is, looking pretty. Yes, she should have played the part Ingrid Bergman took, but you can't have it all all the time. Perhaps Ingrid Bergman was the girl to play the waitress. I truly enjoyed her masochistic portrayal of the bad girl.
Yes the film owns a lot to the original - filmed on same location, same choreography? The makers of this film had a decade to learn from the mistakes of the original and turn it around with better lines and nuances.
With one look from Spencer Tracy, a trouble maker changes his mind. "I'm sorry governor". Imagine Fredric March, in his monkey make up, doing that? He would have been laughed out the club, or not get in at all.
To add the grade to 10, Peter Godfrey as the butler. The end of this film is truly spiritual, merciful and frightening at the same time. And all of this is accomplished without any phony art stuff, as they would have tried these days.
A true classic.