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)

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

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.