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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is a 1931 American pre-Code horror film, directed by Rouben Mamoulian and starring Fredric March, who plays a possessed doctor who tests his new formula that can unleash people's inner demons.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde: Directed by Rouben Mamoulian. With Fredric March, Miriam Hopkins, Rose Hobart, Holmes Herbert. Dr. Jekyll faces horrible consequences when he lets his dark side run wild with a potion that transforms him into the animalistic Mr. Hyde.
- Rouben Mamoulian
- 1 min
Dr. Jekyll faces horrible consequences when he lets his dark side run wild with a potion that transforms him into the animalistic Mr. Hyde. Based on the story by Robert Louis Stevenson, Dr. Henry Jekyll believes that there are two distinct sides to men: a good side and an evil side.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Testing his theory that in every man dwells a good and an evil force, the reserved Dr. Jekyll (Fredric March) develops a formula that separates the two, turning...
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- Fredric March
- Rouben Mamoulian
- Horror
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- Cast
- Academy Award nominations (* denotes win)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, American horror film, released in 1931, that is widely considered the best film adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic novel Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1886).
Fredric March portrayed the kindly London physician, Dr. Henry Jekyll, who is impatient to marry his fiancée, Muriel (played by Rose Hobart). Despite his pleas, her father rejects his request for an early wedding. The tormented Jekyll heads to his laboratory, where he has been developing a potion to separate the benevolent from the malevolent sides of human nature, which “hide” beneath a veneer of civility. After he drinks the concoction, the doctor’s evil impulses are unleashed as he is transformed into the monstrous Mr. Hyde. As Hyde, he rapes and later kills a prostitute named Ivy (played by Miriam Hopkins), whom Jekyll had earlier rescued from an assailant. Jekyll attempts to atone for Hyde’s actions by breaking off his engagement with Muriel. However, during his visit with Muriel, he transforms into his alter ego and attacks her. Hyde is chased by police and eventually killed, his body reverting back to that of Jekyll.
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•Studio: Paramount Pictures
•Director and producer: Rouben Mamoulian
•Writers: Samuel Hoffenstein and Percy Heath
•Running time: 98 minutes
•Fredric March (Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde)
•Miriam Hopkins (Ivy Pearson)
•Rose Hobart (Muriel Carew)
•Holmes Herbert (Dr. Lanyon)
•Lead actor* (Fredric March, who shared the Oscar with Wallace Beery for The Champ)
•Cinematography
- Lee Pfeiffer
Sep 14, 2021 · Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde (1931) is a movie that still feels groundbreaking and most adaptations of the novella fail to acknowledge the emotional trauma and the capricious nature of Jekyll. From the make-up to the chilling assaults, Mamoulian’s does wonders with the text, bringing the horror of human nature to the big screen with unsettling results.
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1931 USA Directed by Rouben Mamoulian Produced by Rouben Mamoulian Written by Samuel Hoffenstein, Percy Heath Featuring Fredric March, Miriam Hopkins, Rose Hobart
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