Dr. Pyckle and Mr. Pryde

Dr. Pyckle and Mr. Pryde
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Directed byScott Pembroke
Joe Rock
Written byTay Garnett
Produced byJoe Rock
StarringStan Laurel
CinematographyEdgar Lyons
Production
company
Standard Photoplay Company
Distributed bySelznick Distributing Corp.
Release date
  • July 30, 1925 (1925-07-30)
Running time
21 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

Dr. Pyckle and Mr. Pryde (or Dr. Pyckle and Mr. Pride) is a 1925 American silent, black-and-white comedy horror film, directed by Scott Pembroke and Joe Rock (also the producer).[1][2]

The film itself is both a spoof of the previous Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde films (e.g. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1912) and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920), both adaptations of and the 1886 novella by Robert Louis Stevenson Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde). The film stars Stan Laurel as the title character.

  1. ^ Progressive Silent Film List: Dr. Pyckle and Mr. Pryde at silentera.com
  2. ^ Okuda, Ted; Neibaur, James L. (August 7, 2012). Stan Without Ollie: The Stan Laurel Solo Films, 1917-1927. McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-8987-9.