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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920)
American Silent Horror Film.
The story, set in late Victorian London, portrays the tragic consequences of a doctor’s experiments in separating the dual personalities he thinks define all humans: one good, the other evil.
Dr. Henry Jekyll experiments with scientific means of revealing the hidden, dark side of man and releases a murderer from within himself.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is the film debut of actress Nita Naldi.
| Directed by | John S. Robertson |
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| Written by | Clara Beranger Thomas Russell Sullivan (1887 stage play) |
| Based on | Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson |
| Produced by | Adolph Zukor Jesse L. Lasky |
| Starring | John Barrymore Martha Mansfield Charles W. Lane Nita Naldi |
| Cinematography | Roy F. Overbaugh |
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Production
company |
Famous Players-Lasky/Artcraft Pictures
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| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Release date
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March 28, 1920 (New York premiere) |
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Running time
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79 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | Silent film English intertitles |
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