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Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde [1] is an 1886 Gothic horror novella by Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson.It follows Gabriel John Utterson, a London-based legal practitioner who investigates a series of strange occurrences between his old friend, Dr Henry Jekyll, and a murderous criminal named Edward Hyde.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde was a milestone in the careers of Sullivan and Mansfield. Sullivan left his banking job to become a full-time writer. He wrote three more plays (none successful), several novels, and a two-volume collection of short stories, many of which have Gothic elements.
The character also appeared in animated form in a series of ABC Weekend Specials, including Cap’n O. G. Readmore's Puss in Boots and Cap'n O. G. Readmore Meets Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. In these features, he was the president of an all-feline book club , the Friday Night Book Club, who often found himself physically pulled into the story he's ...
King Baggot played Jekyll and Hyde in the 1913 silent movie adaptation of the novel, directed by Herbert Brenon. John Barrymore played Jekyll and Hyde in the 1920 silent movie adaptation of the novel. Fredric March played Jekyll and Hyde in the 1931 film adaptation of the novel, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor.
Some sources list Harry Benham as the actor who played Mr. Hyde in the film [3], but in an interview in the October 1963 issue of Famous Monsters of Filmland, Harry Benham revealed that while Cruze played both Jekyll and Hyde, he and Cruze shared the role of Hyde, with Benham doubling for Cruze as Hyde in some scenes (uncredited).
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is a 1920 American silent horror film produced by Famous Players–Lasky and released through Paramount/Artcraft. The film, which stars John Barrymore , is an adaptation of the 1886 novella Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson . [ 4 ]
The term stems from the Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, an 1886 novella about one person with two personalities: Dr. Henry Jekyll, a well-respected doctor; Edward Hyde, a murderous ...
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