Showing posts with label Dr Jeckyll and Mr Hyde. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dr Jeckyll and Mr Hyde. Show all posts

01 May 2022

Rose Hobart

 Rose Hobart was born on May 1st, 1906 in New York City. 

Rose Hobart (1906-2000)

With Frederic March in
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931)



28 March 2022

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920)

The silent film version of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Premiered on March 28th, 1920 in New York City. 

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920)

It stars John Barrymore as the lead characters. 

John Barrymore 

A remake starring Frederic March was released in 1931.  

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931)


15 February 2022

John Barrymore

 John Barrymore was born on February 15th, 1882. 

John Barrymore (1882-1942)

He is son of acting family patriarch Maurice Barrymore and Georgiana Drew. Grandfather to Drew Barrymore  

Maurice Barrymore
and Georgiana Drew
With Mother Georgiana Drew 
and siblings Ethel and  Lionel

Martha Mansfield and John Barrymore in
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920)

Sherlock Holmes (1922)

The Sea Beast (1926)

The Sea Beast (1926) with future wife
(and Grandmother of Drew Barrymore)
Dolores Costello

The Beloved Rogue (1927)
with Angelo Rossitto 

Svengali (1931
with Marian Marsh and Bramwell Fletcher

03 January 2022

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931)

 On January 3rd, 1931, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931) was released nationwide in the US. 

Released 11 years after a silent film version starring John Barrymore and 10 years before a 1941 remake starring Spencer Tracy, Ingrid Bergman and Lana Turner. 

This Reuben Mamoulian directed version is the most critically and commercially successful adaptation of the Robert Louis Stevenson novel.


Starring Frederic March, Miriam Hopkins and Rose Hobart.

Frederic March

Frederic March won the Academy Award for Best Actor in a leading role for his portrayal of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. 

Rose Hobart and Frederic March

Mariam Hopkins and Frederic March



31 August 2021

Frederic March

Frederic March

Frederic March starred in such classics as Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (for which he won an Academy Award for Best Actor in 1931), Anna Karenina (1935) and the original version of A Star is Born (1937). 

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde


His career spanned nearly 50 years until his passing in 1975. 

The most recent remake of A Star is Born starring Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga premiered on August 31st, 2018. 

Coincidentally, Frederic March was born on August 31st, 1897.