Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920 Haydon film)

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Directed by	J. Charles Haydon
Produced by	Louis B. Mayer
Written by	J. Charles Haydon
Based on	The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
Release dates	April 1920 (1920-04)
Running time	40 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent film English intertitles

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is a 40-minute horror film of 1920, directed and written by J. Charles Haydon. It is the third adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's novel Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde to be released in 1920.^[1] (The first 1920 adaptation is Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde starring John Barrymore and the second Der Januskopf, directed by F. W. Murnau). The Haydon version is somewhat overshadowed by the version starring Barrymore which was released by Paramount Pictures the same year.

Plot

At the first transformation starts with Jekyll's butler exclaiming that Jekyll is now "the Apostle from Hell!" Hyde, complete with fangs and scraggy hair, skulks through the city committing such heinous acts as stealing a woman's purse. The police eventually catch up with Hyde, interrogate him, put him in gaol and strap him to the electric chair. Sitting in his chair at home, Jekyll awakes from his nightmare to declare, "I believe in God! I have a soul..." and decides not to create the chemical potion.

Cast

Sheldon Lewis as Dr. Jekyll / Mr. Hyde
Alex Shannon as Dr. Lanyon
Dora Mills Adams as Mr. Lanyon
Gladys Field as Bernice Lanyon
Harold Foshay as Edward Utterson
Leslie Austin as Danvers Carew

Production

The film's producer, Louis B. Mayer, was concerned about copyright infringement relating to the other two film versions of the story released in that same year, so he set the film in New York and altered the plot structure. The final product was so crude that J. Charles Haydon had his name removed from the credits.^[1]

Notes

Sheldon Lewis returned once again in 1929 to play Dr. Jekyll in an early one-reel sound film short.^[2]

References

Notes

Bibliography

Hardy, Phil, ed. (1995), The Overlook Film Encyclopedia 3, Overlook Press, ISBN 0-87951-624-0

External links

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Robert Louis Stevenson's Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

Character Adaptations

Films	Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1908) Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1912) Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1913) Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920) Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920) The Head of Janus (1920) Dr. Pyckle and Mr. Pryde (1925) Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931) Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941) The Son of Dr. Jekyll (1951) Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1953) The Daughter of Dr. Jekyll (1957) The Doctor's Horrible Experiment (1959) The Ugly Duckling (1959) My Friend, Dr. Jekyll (1960) The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll (1960) The Nutty Professor (1963) Karutha Rathrikal (1967) Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde (1971) I, Monster (1971) Dr. Jekyll y el Hombre Lobo (1972) Dr. Black, Mr. Hyde (1976) Dr. Jekyll Likes Them Hot (1979) Dr. Heckyl and Mr. Hype (1980) Docteur Jekyll et les femmes (1981) Chehre Pe Chehra (1981) Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again (1982) Edge of Sanity (1989) Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde (1995) Mary Reilly (1996) The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003) Van Helsing (2004) The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (2006)

Animation	The Impatient Patient (1942) Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Mouse (1947) Motor Mania (1950) Dr. Jerkyl's Hide (1954) Hyde and Hare (1955) Hyde and Go Tweet (1960) Mad Monster Party? (1967) Mad Mad Mad Monsters (1972) The Strange Case of Dr. Jiggle and Mr. Sly (2004) Van Helsing: The London Assignment (2004) "The Monster of Phineas-n-Ferbenstein" (2008) Hotel Transylvania (2012)

Video games	Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Jekyll and Hyde Van Helsing

Music	Jekyll and Hyde Jekyll & Hyde en Español "Dr. Heckyll and Mr. Jive"

Other	Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1887) Jekyll & Hyde Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1932) Jekyll Julia Jekyll and Harriet Hyde Mister Hyde The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Batman: Two Faces Mary Reilly Knots and Crosses The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner Penny Dreadful

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