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• Graham J

  
  The overacting is too much for me but the transformation scenes are pretty cool. A classic, but not for me.

• Universal D

  
  Robert Louis Stevenson's cautionary tale of obsession and dark passions is given fine treatment by Mamoulian, the make-up artists and, of course, Fredric March as the young impatient doctor who cannot wait to taste the fruits of life. Miriam Hopkins, too, is in rare form as the… More
  Robert Louis Stevenson's cautionary tale of obsession and dark passions is given fine treatment by Mamoulian, the make-up artists and, of course, Fredric March as the young impatient doctor who cannot wait to taste the fruits of life. Miriam Hopkins, too, is in rare form as the not-so-sweet object of desire.

• Veronique K

  
  who could compete with that sizzling seductive whisper..."come back...SOON...." with a sexy leg rolling by the bedside to scratch your libido into thousands of visceral hard-ons...ha! now i'm being bawdy. maybe just slightly obscene?

• Stella D

  
  frederic march is the best jekyll/hyde. nice effects and pretty racy

• Greg S

  
  Attempting to "segregate the soul of man," Victorian scientist Dr. Jekyll invents a potion that accidentally turns him into a sadistic sex maniac who looks like a cross between an ape and an ethnic minority. he draws are inventive visuals, naughty near-nudity from sexy… More
  Attempting to "segregate the soul of man," Victorian scientist Dr. Jekyll invents a potion that accidentally turns him into a sadistic sex maniac who looks like a cross between an ape and an ethnic minority. he draws are inventive visuals, naughty near-nudity from sexy starlet Miriam Hopkins, and an Oscar-winning performance from Frederic March as the demonic Mr. Hyde (he could have played the dull Dr. Jekyll in his sleep).

• Cindy I

  
  My favorite version of this classic tale of good/evil sides in every person. The makeup effects are outstanding for the time period. And Fredric March plays both sides very well.

• Byron B

  
  This Hyde is more monkey like, but also a little insultingly African American. Still a very well put together early Horror film with the transformation being impressive. This one sets up the characters and plot as copied in the Spencer Tracy version of a decade later.

• Matthew Y

  
  A highly regarded film upon its initial release and still largely considered a classic by many, this is recognized as the definitive version of the famed story. Personally I felt the film a little lacking, but that might have more to do with the novella with which it is based upon… More
  A highly regarded film upon its initial release and still largely considered a classic by many, this is recognized as the definitive version of the famed story. Personally I felt the film a little lacking, but that might have more to do with the novella with which it is based upon than the film itself. While the concept of the duality of man is always an interesting topic, personally I've never found this particular storyline all that engaging, with its period setting and romantically charged plot.

• Dannielle A

  
  This movie could be an allegory for the old sin nature that lives within us all. We must choose righteousness and not licentiousness. For Dr. Jekyll, a man who would be described as having good character, his sin nature took over and began to control him.

• Greg A

  
  I love Miriam Hopkins portrayal of Ivy Parsons as the woman saved from a brutish abusive drunk by the gentle Dr. Jekyll, later to be terrorized by his evil wolfman-like alter ego Mr. Hyde. Her look of terror while in the grips of the dangerously paranoid & violent Mr. Hyde as he… More
  I love Miriam Hopkins portrayal of Ivy Parsons as the woman saved from a brutish abusive drunk by the gentle Dr. Jekyll, later to be terrorized by his evil wolfman-like alter ego Mr. Hyde. Her look of terror while in the grips of the dangerously paranoid & violent Mr. Hyde as he tortures her every moment of living is so convincing(it truly made me feel uncomfortable). In her desperation she turns to the Dr. Jekyll looking for help not realizing she's putting herself in immanent danger because as Mr. Hyde says "I know everything you do" and he is waiting to unleash his fury from within Jekyll's sub-conscience. My favorite part of this movie is a scene in the beginning of the film the Dr. is addressing a panel of doctors on the seemingly made-up scenario of "if man could remove the evil from within himself, would there be no limits to the good each of us could achieve?" In of itself this is a gorgeous question that in the end defeated Jekyll.

• Danny R

  
  The definitive filmed version of Robert Louis Stevenson's masterpiece, this 1931 expressionistic classic which features Fredric March's brilliant Oscar winner performance which was the first horror performance ever to win an Academy Award, until some 60 years later when Sir… More
  The definitive filmed version of Robert Louis Stevenson's masterpiece, this 1931 expressionistic classic which features Fredric March's brilliant Oscar winner performance which was the first horror performance ever to win an Academy Award, until some 60 years later when Sir Anthony Hopkins won for his unforgettable performance in "The Silence of the Lambs." It concerns a soft-spoken, genius scientist named Dr. Henry Jekyll who makes the fatal mistake of experimenting with himself by drinking a secret serum which he has developed that has the power to separate the human dark-side causing his evil to be fully released, the result is the amoral Mr. Hyde, a inhuman sadistic monster who is the primitive animal in all of us, a evil Neanderthal man which is what March's striking make-up design is meant to look like. Excellent supporting performances from Rose Hobart, Holmes Herbert, Edgar Norton, Hallwell Hobbes with a standout turn by Miriam Hopkins in a daring performance for its time, as the sultry barroom diva Ivy Pearson, who becomes Hyde's horrified enslaved sex toy, but it is March's bravura dual performance as the saintly Dr. Jekyll and his evil alter-ego, the simian-like Mr. Hyde that totally dominates this motion picture. Solid direction by Rouben Mamoulian with outstanding set design by Hans Dreier, and exquisite cinematography by Karl Struss, the special effects work by Wally Westmore is exceptional, the impressive transformation sequences are created by using layers of makeup, each a different color, each revealed with filtered camera lens which has the effect of changing Jekyll's face. There has been many versions of this classic tale, but this is arguably the best. Highly Recommended.

• Barry L

  
  Superb pre hammer movie.....

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