Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920 Haydon film)

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is a 40minute horror film of 1920, directed and written by J. Charles Haydon. It is the third adaptation of Robert Louis Stevensons novel Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde to be released in 1920. The first 1920 adaptation is Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde starring John Barrymore and the second Der Januskopf, directed by F. W. Murnau. The Haydon version is somewhat overshadowed by the version starring Barrymore which was released by Paramount Pictures the same year.

The films producer, Louis B. Mayer, was concerned about copyright infringement relating to the other two film versions of the story released in that same year, so he set the film in New York and altered the plot structure. The final product was so crude that J. Charles Haydon had his name removed from the credits.Sheldon Lewis returned once again in 1929 to play Dr. Jekyll in an early onereel sound film short. ........

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