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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde on Video - 1920

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde - Broadway Musical on DVD Blu-ray 1920 Cover Art
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It took John Barrymore to bring class to the American horror film, at least in the eyes of the industry. Dignified and virtuous as Dr. Henry Jekyll in this 1920 silent, Barrymore transforms into id incarnate as the lascivious Mr. Hyde. With almost no makeup beyond his gnarled, knobby fingers and greasy hair, Barrymore relies almost solely on a bug-eyed grimace, a spidery body language, and pure theatrical flourish. He tends to be hammy as the leering beast of a thug but brings a tortured struggle to the repressed doctor, horrified at the demon he's unleashed, guilty that he enjoys Hyde's unrestrained life of drinking and whoring, and terrified that he can no longer control the transformations. Martha Mansfield costars as his pure and innocent sweetheart, and Nita Naldi (the vamp of Blood and Sand) has a small but memorable role as the world-weary dance hall darling who first "wakens" Jekyll's "baser nature." --Sean Axmaker for Amazon.com

Available On:
Broadway on VHS

Starring:
John Barrymore

Martha Mansfield

Charles Lane

Brandon Hurst

Cecil Clovelly

Studio: Famous Players-Lasky Corporation

Filmed: 1920 - Released: 1920

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