Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1920a)

Country of Origin: USA
Year of Production: 1920
Running Times: 67 mins
Length: 2100 metres / 7 reels
Format: black and white     35mm
Ratio: 1.33:1
Sound: silent

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Company: Famous Players-Lasky Corporation
Producer: Adolph Zukor

SCRIPT
Script: Clara Beranger
Novel: Robert Louis Stevenson
Play: Thomas Russell Sullivan

DIRECTION
Director: John S. Robertson

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Roy F. Overbaugh

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Art Director: Robert M. Haas
Set Decorator: Charles O. Seessel

LOCATIONS
Locations: Long Island, New York, USA
Studio: Paramount Studios, Astoria, Queens, New York City, New York, USA

CAST
John Barrymore (Dr Henry Jekyll / Mr Edward Hyde)
Martha Mansfield (Millicent Carew, Sir George's Daughter)
Brandon Hurst (Sir George Carew)
Charles Lane (Dr Richard Lanyon)
George Stevens (Poole, Jekyll's Butler)
Nita Naldi (Miss Gina, Italian Singer)
Louis Wolheim (Music Hall Owner)
Cecil Clovelly (Edward Enfield)
J. Malcolm Dunn (John Utterson)

AVAILABILITY

Brazil
Video Distributors: Continental Home Vídeo

Spain
DVD Distributors: Divisa Home Video (2004)

USA
Theatrical Distributors: Famous Players-Lasky Corporation / Paramount Pictures
Video Distributors: GoodTimes Home Video; Grapevine Video; Republic Pictures Home Video; VSI; Viking Video Classics; Kino Video
Laserdisc Distributors: Image Entertainment Inc; Republic Pictures Home Video
DVD Distributors: Image Entertainment (ID 4667 DSDVD) (1999); Kino Video (K217) (2001); Alpha Video (ALP4038D) (2002) Reel Media International (2005)

CENSORSHIP HISTORY

Portugal
Rating: 17

Finland
Rating: K-16

TIMELINE

1920
March
28: USA - theatrical release

1921
October
10: Finland - theatrical release

1965
May
4: Portugal - theatrical release

1999
January
12: USA - DVD release (Image Entertainment (ID 4667 DSDVD))

2001
October
9: USA - DVD release (Kino Video (K217))

2002
August
27: USA - DVD release (Alpha Video (ALP4038D))

2004
November
6: Finland - shown at the Iik!! Horror Film Festival

POSTER TAGS

The world's greatest actor in a tremendous story of man at his best and worst!

ALTERNATIVE TITLES

Dr Jekyll e Mr Hyde - Italian title
El hombre y la bestia - Spanish title
O Médico E o Monstro - Brazilian / Portugese title
Toht. Jekyllin salaisuus - Finnish title

LINKS

SEE ALSO
Abbott and Costello Meet Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1953)
The Adult Version of Jekyll and Hide (1972)
Biblioteca di Studio Uno: Il dottor Jeckill e mister Hide (1964)
Docteur Jekyll et les femmes (1981)
Dottor Jekyll e gentile signora (1979)
Dr Jekyll and Mistress Hyde (2003)
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1908)
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1912)
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1913)
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1920b)
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1931)
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1932)
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1941)
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1968)
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1973)
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1981)
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1999)
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (2002a)
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (2002b)
The Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Rock 'n Roll Musical (2003)
Dr Jekyll and Mr Mouse (1947)
Dr Jekyll and Ms Hyde (1995)
Dr Jekyll and Sister Hyde (1971)
Dr Jerkyl's Hide (1954)
Dr Pyckle and Mr Pride (1925)
The Duality of Man (1910)
Edge of Sanity (1989)
El extraño caso del hombre y la bestia (1951)
Gentleman Jekyll and Driver Hyde (1950)
El hombre y la bestia (1973)
Hyde and Go Tweet (1960)
Hyde and Hare (1955)
I, Monster (1971)
The Impatient Patient (1942)
Der Januskopf (1920)
Jekyll (2004)
Jekyll + Hyde (2005)
Jekyll and Hyde (1990)
Jekyll and Hyde (1995)
Jekyll and Hyde (2000)
The Jekyll and Hyde Portfolio (1972)
Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again (1982)
Jekyll and Hyde: The Musical (2001)
Julia Jekyll and Harriet Hyde (1995)
The Man with Two Heads (1972)
Mary Reilly (1996)
Mighty Mouse Meets Jekyll and Hyde Cat (1944)
A Modern Jekyll and Hyde (1913)
Naughty Dr Jekyll (1973)
Nightmare Classics (1989)
Sicque! Sicque! Sicque! (1966)
Skæbnesvangre opfindelse, Den (1910)
The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1989)
Strannaya istoriya doktora Dzhekila i mistera Khayda (1985)
Suspense (1949)
Teenage Jekyll and Hyde (1963)
Le testament du Docteur Cordelier (1959)
The Two Faces of Dr Jekyll (1960)
The Ugly Duckling (1959)

FOOTAGE INCLUDED IN
Kingdom of Shadows (1998)
Universal Horror (1998)

REFERENCES

MAGAZINES

Bioscope vol.43 no.710 (20 May 1920) p.50 (UK)
review

Classic Images no.297 (March 2000) pp.31-32 (USA)
article (Sam Rubin's Classic Clinic by Sam Rubin)

Classic Images no.319 (January 2002) pp.31-32 (USA)
article (Sam Rubin's Classic Clinic by Sam Rubin)

Kinematograph Weekly no.682 (20 May 1920) p.82 (UK)
review

Monthly Film Bulletin vol.43 no.500 (September 1975) p.208 (UK)
credits, synopsis, review (by Geoff Brown)

Radio Times vol.235 no.3052 (8 May 1982) p.14 (UK)
review

KEYWORDS

book into film, dreams, jekyll and hyde, play into film, scientists, transformations

Last Updated: 15 October, 2008