Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1913 film)

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is a 1913 horror film, directed by Herbert Brenon and Carl Laemmle, written by Brenon and produced by Laemmle. The picture is based on the Robert Louis Stevenson story The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and stars King Baggot in the dual role of Jekyll and Hyde. The film was rereleased in the US in August 1927.

Dr. Henry Jekyll King Baggot sends a note to his fiance, Alice Jane Gail, and her father Matt B. Snyder to say that instead of accompanying them to the opera, he must give more time to his charity patients. At Jekylls practice, his friends Dr. Lanyon Howard Crampton and Utterson William Sorrel, a lawyer, ridicule him for what they consider his dangerous research. Alice and her father also visit Jekylls rooms, but although apologetic, the doctor insists on devoting his time to his patients. That night, however, Jekyll undertakes a dangerous experiment, swallowing a drug intended to releases his evil self. His body convulses, and he transforms into a hunched, twisted figure.The strange creature emerges from Jekylls room, bearing a note in Jekylls handwriting that orders the household staff to treat the stranger Mr Hyde as himself. Hyde then slips out into the night, terrorising the patrons of a nearby tavern before finding himself lodgings. From these rooms he begins a career of evil, until one night he attacks and injures a crippled child. Outraged witnesses corner Hyde and force him to agree to compensate the boy. Hyde reluctantly leads one man back to Jekylls house and gives him money. During this passage of events, a worried Dr. Utterson sees Hyde entering Jekylls house. Inside, Hyde takes a potion that transforms him back to Jekyll. ........

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