Overview
Release Date:
April 1920 (USA)
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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.
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User Comments:
John Barrymore at his best!
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Additional Details
Runtime:
80 min (Kino Print) | 67 min (1971 alternate version)
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1
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Trivia:
John Barrymore hauled many of his prized potted plants from his apartment to the set to appear in scenery in the movie.
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Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: After the first transformation scene when Hyde attempts to change back into Jekyll, as he throws himself onto the floor, you can see one of his prosthetic fingers fly off.
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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!