Dr. Jekyll allows his dark side to run wild after he drinks a potion that turns him into the evil Mr. Hyde.Dr. Jekyll allows his dark side to run wild after he drinks a potion that turns him into the evil Mr. Hyde.Dr. Jekyll allows his dark side to run wild after he drinks a potion that turns him into the evil Mr. Hyde.
- Nominated for 3 Oscars
- 3 nominations total
Frederick Worlock
- Dr. Heath
- (as Frederic Worlock)
Storyline
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- TriviaDue to the Hays 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.
- GoofsAfter attacking Ivy in her room, Jekyll runs away from her house. As he approaches a carriage, his hat flies off and he keeps running around a corner. In the next shot, from the other end of the corner, his hat is securely on his head.
- Quotes
Mr. Edward Hyde: As you were leaving the room, you turned at the door, didn't you? And you said, "For a moment, I thought..." What did you think? What did you think? Did you think that Dr. Jekyll was falling in love with you? You, with your cheap little dreams? Or did you think, perhaps - that in him, you saw a bit of me, *Hyde*?
- Alternate versionsAlso available in a computer colorized version.
- ConnectionsFeatured in You Can't Fool a Camera (1941)
- SoundtracksSee Me Dance the Polka
(uncredited)
Music and Lyrics by George Grossmith
Additional Lyrics by John Lee Mahin
Sung by Alice Mock in the "Palace of Frivolties" show
Reprised by Ingrid Bergman
Whistled by Spencer Tracy (whistling dubbed by Robert Bradford)
Featured review
I just saw this movie for the first time a few days ago and really enjoyed it. I must say I was a little surprised by the bits of "erotic" imagery. I wonder what people thought of that back in 1941. The performances by Ingrid Bergman and Spencer Tracy were very good. Ingrid is mesmerizing and beautifully effervescent. Her strange accent though is at first hard to comprehend. (Is she supposed to be Swedish, Irish, Cockney or what?) It's also fun to see how they managed the special effects - if you look closely at any one of the action scenes involving Mr. Hyde, there are many very obvious stunt doubles and other endearing "mistakes". I also thought it had just enough philosophical underpinnings to make it not just a old fluff "horror" movie.
- naivemelody1975
- Jun 23, 2005
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Details
Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $3,924,000
- Gross worldwide
- $5,125,180
- Runtime1 hour 53 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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