Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

"Put yourself in her place! The dreaded night when her lover became a madman!"

1931 1h 36m EN

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★7.2TMDB · 340

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Synopsis

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Dr. Henry Jekyll believes that there are two distinct sides to men: one that is good and one that is evil. He believes that by separating the two, man can become liberated. He succeeds in his experiments with chemicals to accomplish this and transforms into Hyde to commit horrendous crimes. When he discontinues use of the drug, it is already too late.

“Put yourself in her place! The dreaded night when her lover became a madman!”

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Cast

Fredric March
Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Edward Hyde
Miriam Hopkins
Ivy Pearson
Rose Hobart
Muriel Carew
Holmes Herbert
Dr. John Lanyon
Halliwell Hobbes
Brig. Gen. Sir Danvers Carew
Edgar Norton
Poole
Tempe Pigott
Mrs. Hawkins
Leonard Carey
Briggs, Lanyon's Butler (uncredited)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Rouben Mamoulian
Writers: Samuel Hoffenstein, Percy Heath
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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MONEY

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Shot for just $0.5M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.

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ERA

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95 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Rouben Mamoulian, shot by Karl Struss. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor William Shea shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Fredric March and Miriam Hopkins and Rose Hobart carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Put yourself in her place! The dreaded night when her lover became a madman!".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0022835 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Rouben Mamoulian directs. Karl Struss behind the camera. William Shea cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Profitable at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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1Shot for just $0.5M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
295 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
3Directed by Rouben Mamoulian, shot by Karl Struss. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Editor William Shea shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Fredric March and Miriam Hopkins and Rose Hobart carry the top of the cast.
6Marketing tagline: "Put yourself in her place! The dreaded night when her lover became a madman!".
7IMDB entry: tt0022835 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Classified under 11 themes, including "london, england", "double life", "based on novel or book", "transformation".

The technical file

Cinematography: Karl Struss
Editing: William Shea
Costume design: Travis Banton
Makeup / hair: Wally Westmore
Runtime: 96 min · 1h 36m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $535,000
Box office: $1,300,000
Return: 243% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): NR
IMDB: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931)

Awards

Academy Award for Best Actor

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John Chard2015-10-15
★ 8/10
I have no soul. I'm beyond the pale. I'm one of the living dead! It's one of the most famous pieces of literature ever written, a genius piece of story telling from the trippy mind of Robert Louis Stevenson. That it has consistently been ripe for film and stage adaptations, and continues to be so since it first surfaced in written form in 1866, is testament to what a devilishly intelligent piece of work it is. This 1931 version, directed by Rouben Mamoulian and staring Fredric March, may not be 100% faithful to the source, but it's arguably the finest adaptation to screen, led by a superb performance from March and featuring technical guile by Mamoulian and his team. It's wonderfully stylish, and coming as it did before the Hayes Code, it's sexy and dangerous, awash with terrifying cruelty, with the subversive and Freudian psychological beats making for a Gothic horror classic. Split personality a go go, inhibitions cast asunder, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is priceless. 8/10

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