Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1931)

Country of Origin: USA
Year of Production: 1931
Running Times: 98 mins
Format: black and white     35mm
Ratio: 1.37:1
Sound: mono

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Company: Paramount Pictures
Executive Producer: Adolph Zukor
Producer: Rouben Mamoulian

SCRIPT
Adaptation: Samuel Hoffenstein, Percy Heath
Novel: The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson

DIRECTION
Director: Rouben Mamoulian

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Karl Struss

SOUND
Sound System: Western Electric Noiseless Recording

CAST
Fredric March (Dr Henry Jekyll / Mr Hyde)
Miriam Hopkins (Ivy Pearson)
Rose Hobart (Muriel Carew)
Holmes Herbert (Dr Lanyon)
Halliwell Hobbes (Brigadier General Danvers Carew)
Edward Everett Norton (Poole)
Tempe Pigott (Mrs Hawkins)

AVAILABILITY

USA
Theatrical Distributors: Paramount Pictures (1932); Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (1972)
Television Distributors: MGM
Video Distributors: MGM / UA Home Entertainment Inc (1989)
Laserdisc Distributors: MGM / UA Distribution Company; Turner Home Entertainment
DVD Distributors: Warner Home Video (2004)

CENSORSHIP HISTORY

Finland
Rating: banned in 1932; K-16 in 1933

UK
Rating: 15

USA
Rating: unrated

AWARDS

1932
Academy Awards, USA
Best Actor in a Leading Role (Fredric March) - winner (tied with Wallace Beery for The Champ (1931)
Best Cinematography (Karl Struss) - nominated
Best Writing, Adaptation (Percy Heath, Samuel Hoffenstein) - nominated

Venice Film Festival
Audience Referendum: Favorite Actor (Fredric March) - winner
Most Original Story (Fantasy) (Rouben Mamoulian) - winner

TIMELINE

1931
December
31: USA - theatrical release

1932
January
2: USA - theatrical release (in New York City)

February
16: Denmark - theatrical release

August
6: Italy - theatrical release

1934
February
4: Finland - theatrical release

POSTER TAGS

Put yourself in her place! The dreaded night when her lover became a madman!

ALTERNATIVE TITLES

Docteur Jekyll et Mr Hyde - French title
Il dottor Jekyll - Italian title
Dr Jekyll og Mr Hyde - Danish title
Dr Jekyll und Mr Hyde - German title
El hombre y el monstruo - Spanish title
Das Phantom von London - Austrian title
Tohtori Jekyll ja mr Hyde - Finnish title
Tri Jekyll and Mr Hyde - 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 (1920a)
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1920b)
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)
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)
I, Monster (1971)
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)
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
The 75th Annual Academy Awards (2003)
Universal Horror (1998)
Visions of Light (1992)

REFERENCES

MAGAZINES

American Cinematographer vol.78 no.8 (August 1997) p.120 (USA)
illustrated article (Wrap Shot by George Turner)

American Cinematographer vol.80 no.3 (March 1999) pp.188-196 (USA)
illustrated credits, article

Bioscope vol.90 no.1324 pp.8; 18 (17 February 1932) (UK)
photo preview; credits, review

Cinema no.93 (February 1965) p.56 (Switzerland)
review

Cinefantastique vol.1 no(Summer 1971) pp.36-38 (USA)
illustrated interview with Reuben Mamoulian (Mamoulin on his Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Bill Thomas)

Film Journal vol.2 no.2 (1973) pp.36-44 (USA)
interview with Reuben Mamoulian

Hollywood Spectator vol.12 no.11 (February 1932) p.4 (USA)
review (An Achievement by Welford Beaton)

Journal of Film and Video vol.37 no.4 (Fall 1985) pp.15-26 (USA)
illustrated article (The stylistic coding of characters in Mamoulian's Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Michael Sevastakis)

Kinematograph Weekly 18 February 1932 (UK)
review

Photoplay vol.41 no.3 (February 1932) p.50 (USA)
illustrated review

Picturegoer Weekly vol.2 no.69 (17 September 1932) pp.19-20 (UK)
review

Radio Times vol.246 no.3207 (4 May 1985) p.96 (UK)
letter

Radio Times vol.294 no.3820 (19 April 1997) p.48 (UK)
illustrated article

Sight and Sound vol. 14 no.6 (June 2004) p.74 (UK)
DVD review

Starburst no.216 (August 1996) p.55 (UK)
illustrated video review (by David Bassom)

TV Times vol.126 no.10 (28 February 1987) p.34 (UK)
article

Wide Angle vol.5 no.3 (1982) pp.59-63 (USA)
illustrated article (Looking at Ivy looking at us looking at her: the camera and the garter by Peter Lehman)

BOOKS

Attack of the Monster Movie Makers by Tom Weaver (McFarland and Co (1994) ISBN: 0786400188)
interview with star Rose Hobart (by Tom Weaver)

KEYWORDS

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Last Updated: 15 October, 2008