Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | |
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Directed by | John S. Robertson |
Written by | Clara Beranger Thomas Russell Sullivan (1887 stage play)[1] |
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 |
Production company | Famous Players–Lasky/Artcraft Pictures |
Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release date | |
Running time | 79 minutes |
Country | United States |
Languages | Silent film English intertitles |
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is a 1920 American silent horror film produced by Famous Players–Lasky and released through Paramount/Artcraft. The film, which stars John Barrymore, is an adaptation of the 1886 novella Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson.[4] John S. Robertson directed the production, and Clara Beranger wrote the screenplay, based on the 1887 stage play by Thomas Russell Sullivan that in turn was based on the novel.[1][4]
Set in late Victorian London, the film portrays the tragic consequences of a doctor's experiments in separating the dual personalities he thinks define all humans: one good, the other evil.[5] The film is now in the public domain.[6]