Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

1920

Action / Drama / Horror / Sci-Fi

16
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 80%
IMDb Rating 6.9/10 10 6720 6.7K

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Plot summary

A doctor's research into the roots of evil turns him into a hideous depraved fiend.

Director

John S. Robertson Photo
John S. Robertson

Top cast

Louis Wolheim Photo
Louis Wolheim as Music Hall Proprietor
Nita Naldi Photo
Nita Naldi as Miss Gina
Martha Mansfield Photo
Martha Mansfield as Millicent Carewe
Edgard Varèse Photo
Edgard Varèse as Policeman
720p.BLU
730.44 MB
1280*972
English 2.0
Passed
Subtitles
23.976 fps
1 hr 19 min
Seeds 11

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by CinemaSerf 7 / 10

I'd have to admit that John Barrymore was

I'd have to admit that John Barrymore was certainly no oil painting. Unlike so many silent-era film stars, he could actually act, rather then just look longingly into the camera and/or the gal's doey eyes. Here he portrays Robert Louis Stevenson's eponymous characters with quite some menace and skill. The story of the eminently respectable "Jekyll" who is fascinated by the human psyche and who experiments with mind/body altering drugs, discovering his inner and pretty unpleasant id in "Mr Hyde" in the process. There now follows a battle royal between the two personalities, the decent and the monstrous, and it rapidly becomes unsafe for those around him - including "Millicent" (Martha Mansfield), whom "Jekyll" loves, and even music hall girl "Gina" (Nita Naldi), the object of the desires of his alter ego. Barrymore is great, here - though some of his transformation scenes did remind me of a rather crazed Richard III playing an invisible piano. Using some dark and dingy locations, the clever use of shadow and Barrymore's own ability to create a considerable sense of menace, this really does have the hairs on the back of your neck paying attention. The visual effects are effective and John Robertson gives us a good solid, adaptation of an eerie, provocative story that still captures the imagination now, but without the characterisations being compromised or overly relying on CGI and the like to distract us from the on-screen antics. Whilst I wouldn't say it was the best - the 1931 version was a cracker too, it is one of those stories that resonates now, as it did then, and this is a terrific interpretation.
Reviewed by talisencrw 8 / 10

A very good early silent with both exquisite

A very good early silent with both exquisite direction and a fine acting performance by John Barrymore. Well-worth checking out for cinephiles with a heightened interest in the origins of American horror cinema.
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