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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Cast

Fredric March, Miriam Hopkins, Rose Hobart, Holmes Herbert View All

Crew

Rouben Mamoulian (Director), Samuel Hoffenstein (Screenplay), Percy Heath (Screenplay) View All

Release: Jan. 2nd, 1932

Runtime: 1 hour, 38 minutes

Based on the story by Robert Louis Stevenson, Dr. Henry Jekyll believes that there are two distinct sides to men - a good and an evil side. 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.

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pahaK
There are heavy Darwinian influences in duality of Jekyll and Hyde the latter being a step down the evolutionary ladder, an animal not only in its inability to control its impulses but also physically transforming to resemble an ape.

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Citizen Rules
The makeup for Mr Hyde might look hoaky but if you can look past that, Dr.