Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941) |
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| Director(s) | Victor Fleming |
| Producer(s) | Victor Fleming, Victor Saville (uncredited) |
| Top Genres | Drama, Film Adaptation, Horror, Science Fiction |
| Top Topics | Book-Based, Mad Scientists, Monster |
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Spencer Tracy(as Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr. Hyde)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
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1941
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Released
1941
Spencer Tracy
(as Dr. Henry Jekyll / Mr....)
Ingrid Bergman(as Ivy Peterson)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
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1941
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Released
1941
Ingrid Bergman
(as Ivy Peterson)
Lana Turner(as Beatrix Emery)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
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1941
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
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1941
Lana Turner
(as Beatrix Emery)
Donald Crisp(as Sir Charles Emery)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
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1941
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
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1941
Donald Crisp
(as Sir Charles Emery)
Ian Hunter(as Dr. John Lanyon)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
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1941
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Released
1941
Ian Hunter
(as Dr. John Lanyon)
Barton MacLane(as Sam Higgins)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
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1941
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Released
1941
Barton MacLane
(as Sam Higgins)
C. Aubrey Smith(as Bishop Manners)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Released
1941
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Released
1941
C. Aubrey Smith
(as Bishop Manners)
Sara Allgood(as Mrs. Higgins)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Released
1941
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Released
1941
Sara Allgood
(as Mrs. Higgins)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Overview:
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941) was a Drama - Horror Film directed by Victor Fleming and produced by Victor Fleming and Victor Saville.
SYNOPSIS
This version of Robert Louis Stevenson's tale about a scientist who develops a potion that separates man's good and evil natures accentuates the emotional characteristics of the Hyde figure, rather than the terror angle.
(Source: available at Amazon AMC Classic Movie Companion).
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Quotes:
Dr. Henry Jekyll:
[as Hyde] When you went to see the good doctor, before you left you said... I almost thought, well what did you think? Maybe that you saw a little bit of ME, Hyde in him?
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Due to the Hay's Code much of the film had to be watered down from the 1931 version. The character of Ivy Peterson had to be changed from a prostitute to a barmaid.
Spencer Tracy was so eager to begin filming that he turned down James Stewart's role in The Philadelphia Story. Tracy was cast despite concerns that at 41 he was too old to play Jekyll.
The concept of the two female loves of Jekyll/Hyde's life, aristocratic Beatrix Emery and barmaid Ivy Petersen, actually originated in the original stage version of "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde", as adapted by T.R. Sullivan for the great 19th century stage actor Richard Mansfield. The Stevenson novella mentions no female love interest of any sort for either Jekyll or Hyde.
One night Spencer Tracy turned up at Clark Gable and Carole Lombard's second wedding anniversary party wearing his make up as Mr Hyde.
The film was a notorious critical and commercial failure when released. Spencer Tracy later said it was by far the least favorite of the films he had starred in, and that his performance was "awful". The New York Times famously described it as "not so much evil incarnate as ham rampant ... more ludicrous than dreadful."