Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Blu-ray)
The world's greatest actor in a tremendous story of man at his best and worst!
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Blu-ray Details
- Encoding: Region A
- Released: January 28, 2014
- Originally Released: 1920
- Label: Kino Lorber
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | John Barrymore | |
Performer: | Nita Naldi, Brandon Hurst, Louis Wolheim, Charles Lane & Martha Mansfield | |
Directed by | John S. Robertson | |
Screenwriting by | Clara S. Beranger | |
Composition by | Gaylord Carter | |
Cinematography by | Roy Overbaugh |
Entertainment Reviews:
Rating: 3/4 --
One of three 1920 adaptations of Robert Louis Stevenson's classic allegorical chiller, the Paramount Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is remembered primarily for John Barrymore's bravura performance as the title duo.
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TV Guide
Rating: 3/4 --
One of the first significant American horror movies, and an interesting contrast to the same year's other, more important genre milestone, Germany's 'The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari.'
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Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)
Rating: A- --
This was the picture that made Barrymore a household name.
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Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Rating: 2.5/4 --
The split persona at the center of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde hews intriguingly close to the personal foibles of star John Barrymore.
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Slant Magazine
Rating: 4/5 --
One of the better renditions of the tale, thanks to John Barrymore's brilliant silent performance.
Flipside Movie Emporium
The Stevenson story serves as the premise for an early (1921) appearance by John Barrymore, who plays the transformation scene -- very effectively -- without the aid of trick photography.
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Chicago Reader
Rating: 4/5 --
Not up to the Mamoulian version, but Barrymore's performance makes it essential.
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
Product Description:
Based on Robert Louis Stevenson's often adapted 1886 socially conscious horror novella, this version stars the incomparable John Barrymore as Dr. Henry Jekyll, a gentle, saintly Victorian physician. However, when the good Dr. Jekyll meets the diabolical Sir George Carew by chance one evening, Jekyll becomes fascinated by the dark side of the human psyche. Further goading his imagination is the sinfully seductive Miss Gina, who arouses more of Jekyll's nascent sexual and sociopathic longings. Determined to explore the dark side of consciousness without endangering himself, Jekyll concocts a potion that transforms him into Edward Hyde, an uninhibited rogue whom Barrymore brilliantly brings to life with the help of only artificial teeth and fingers. Soon, Jekyll finds that it is becoming harder and harder to separate his two personalities, sending him into a downward spiral that seems destined to end with the destruction of his former identity.