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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Also known as {The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde}
(1912) United States of America
B&W : Two reels
Directed by Lucius Henderson
Cast: James Cruze [Doctor Henry Jekyll], Harry Benham [Mr. Hyde], Florence La Badie [Jekyll’s sweetheart], Marie Eline [a little girl knocked down by Hyde], Marguerite Snow, Jane Gail, [?] ? [Jekyll’s butler]
Thanhouser Company production; distributed by Motion Picture Distributing & Sales Company. / From a stage play adaptation by Thomas Russell Sullivan of the novella The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson. / No copyright registration. Released 16 January 1912. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The novella was previously filmed as Den skaebnesvangre Opfindelse (1910). The novella was subsequently filmed as Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1913).
Drama.
Survival status: Prints exist in the Library of Congress film archive; in the UCLA Film and Television Archive film archive; in the La Cinematheque Quebeçoise film archive; and in the film holdings of Film Preservation Associates (Blackhawk Films collection) [incomplete 35mm preservation neagative, incomplete 35mm preservation positive].
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Authors: Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894)
Listing updated: 25 January 2014.
References: Film credits, film viewing : Aylesworth-Monsters pp. 53, 139; Baer-Film p. 69; Lahue-Gentlemen p. 18; Manchel-Terrors pp. 9-10, 40; Marrero-Vintage pp. 11-12, 157; Slide-Aspects p. 71; Steinbrunner-Encyclopedia p. 373; Tarbox-Lost pp. 97, 102 : MovPicWorld-19120106 p. 2 : Website-IMDb; Website-Thanhouser.
Home video: DVD.
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