Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1912)
*** (out of 4)
The Thanhouser Company released this version of the classic tale with James Cruze in the title role. This version runs around ten-minutes and is a bit weird but it works nonetheless. Cruze is very good as Jekyll but another actor plays Hyde in most of his scenes. Nothing too new is done with the story but this is still a nice version to watch.
This is available on DVD along with six other shorts from Thanhouser. Other sources are out there as well but the picture quality on them aren't as good and a couple contain no soundtrack.
*** (out of 4)
The Thanhouser Company released this version of the classic tale with James Cruze in the title role. This version runs around ten-minutes and is a bit weird but it works nonetheless. Cruze is very good as Jekyll but another actor plays Hyde in most of his scenes. Nothing too new is done with the story but this is still a nice version to watch.
This is available on DVD along with six other shorts from Thanhouser. Other sources are out there as well but the picture quality on them aren't as good and a couple contain no soundtrack.