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Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

Date: 1931
Type: Horror
Rating: 4 Stars 4/5
Colour: Black and White
Director: Rouben Mamoulian
Producer: Rouben Mamoulian

Comment/Synopsis

Dr Jekyll invents a drug that separates his good and bad natures and creates the violent and unpleasnt side of him Mr Hyde. This is a very good version of story with a performance from Fredric HYde and deservedly won him a Best Actor Oscar. The transition scenes are vvery well done by Rouben Mamoulin that set a standard for horror make-up. This being a pre-code film the violent and mysogenistic side of Hyde is prominent giving this a darker feel than some ohter versions. There are also some scenes that reflect something of the German Expressionaist style of film making. Miriam Hopkins also gives a very good performance of the abused and trapped by by the violence of mr Hyde.

Actors


Fredric MarchFredric March
Miriam HopkinsMiriam Hopkins
Rose HobartRose Hobart
Holmes HerbertHolmes Herbert
Halliwell HobbesHalliwell Hobbes
Edgar NortonEdgar Norton
Tempe Pigott

Oscars

Won - Best Actor - Fredric March
Nomination - Writing and Cinematography
Production
Paramount Pictures
Novel
Robert Louis Stevenson
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde