Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1920b)

Country of Origin: USA
Year of Production: 1920
Running Times: 40 mins
Length: 1500 metres / 5 reels
Format: black and white     35mm
Ratio: 1.33:1
Sound: silent

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Company: Pioneer Film Corporation
Producer: Louis Meyer

SCRIPT
Scenario: Charles J. Hayden
Novel: The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson

DIRECTION
Director: Charles J. Hayden

CAST
Sheldon Lewis (Doctor Jekyll / Mr Hyde)
Alexander Shannon (Dr Lanyon)
Dora Mills Adams (Mrs Lanyon)
Gladys Field (Bernice Lanyon)
Harold Forshay (Edward Utterson)
Leslie Austin (Danvers Carew)

PLOT SUMMARY

Dr Jekyll dreams that he has developed a potion which can separate the good and evil in Man. But the dream also exposes the inherent dangers of the experiment and when he wakes, he decides against continuing his research.

AVAILABILITY

USA
Theatrical Distributors: Pioneer Film Corporation / States Rights Independent Exchanges
Video Distributors: Grapevine Video; Sinister Cinema; Video Yesterday

TIMELINE

1920
April
16: USA - copyright granted to Pioneer Film Corp (LU15033)
Day Unknown: USA - theatrical release

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 (1920a)
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)
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)

KEYWORDS

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

Last Updated: 15 October, 2008