Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

1912

Drama / Horror / Sci-Fi

6
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 41%
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 41%
IMDb Rating 6.0/10 10 887 887

silent film short film

Plot summary

Dr. Henry Jekyll experiments with scientific means of revealing the hidden, dark side of man and releases a murderer from within himself.

Director

Lucius Henderson Photo
Lucius Henderson

Top cast

James Cruze Photo
James Cruze as Dr. Jekyll, Mr. Hyde
Jane Gail Photo
Jane Gail as Extra
Florence La Badie Photo
Florence La Badie as Jekyll's Sweetheart
Marie Eline Photo
Marie Eline as Little Girl Knocked Down By Hyde
720p.BLU 1080p.BLU
127.02 MB
1280*960
English 2.0
NR
23.976 fps
12 hr 13 min
Seeds 9
235.61 MB
1440*1080
English 2.0
NR
23.976 fps
12 hr 13 min
Seeds 21

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by jluis1984 7 / 10

A very good early version of this classic!

Reviewed by IntoThePaintedGrey 6 / 10

Good for the day.

This is the oldest version of "Jekyll and Hyde" in existence. The film stars James Cruze, who is most famous for his film "The Covered Wagon". It was made by Thanhouser Film C. and was released on January 16 1912. and clocks in at about 11 min. I may have took a star away due to the fact that it could have been longer(the 1913 version was 26 min. only a year later). Actually, in a 1963 interview, a stock crew member named Harry Benham who worked at Thanhouser, said that he portrayed Mr.Hyde in some scenes. When you watch the film you can tell them apart because James is taller and their Hyde makeup is slightly different.The film starts off with Jekyll briefly talking with an elderly man apparently about drugs. Then Jekyll locks himself in his lab and tests his "potion" on himself. Immiediatly a dark haired taloned beast appears in the chair, looks in his mirror (he is slightly shorter than before mmmmmmmmm)takes the drug again and transforms back into Jekyll, and then begins to write something down.Jekyll (with his wife a ministers daughter) meet each other in front of her house and talks with her father. The next scene shows Jekyll reading a book cries out in agony rushes into his lab and now Jekyll is Hyde, Hyde grabs his hat runs out into the street knocks down a little girl rushes back to his lab and transforms into Jekyll.Jekyll is talking to his wife in the the park and then he suddenly runs away kneels down and in the next shot is Hyde. He runs back, tries to strangle her, her father comes (from nowhere) and Hyde kills him instead. Jekyll says to his wife he is "going away" and then he runs back to his lab, a card says his potion is gone now he must remain Hyde to the end. Hyde is in his lab now. He go's on a rampage destroying his lab looking for something. Police have tracked down Hyde and are breaking down the door. just as they are about to break the door down, Hyde takes a fatal dose of poison........... when the police come in Hyde is dead. THE ENDEven though this version is short, it is still pretty good and recommended.
Reviewed by jwlmoore 7 / 10

words can't describe this beautiful oldest film.

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