Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

It was probably too soon for Spencer Tracy to have tried a remake of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Ten years was not long enough for people to forget Fredric March's Oscar winning performance from the Paramount classic of 1931.... Full review

The best part of the film is ogling the two female leads. Ingrid Bergman, who uncharacteristically (in the movies) plays a tramp, is gorgeous and Lana Turner ain't bad. You get those two and Spencer Tracy, who's almost always interesting,... Full review

The 1931 version of DR. JECKYLL AND MR. HYDE was directed by Rouben Mamoulian, and it starred Fredric March in the dual title role. It won the star the Best Actor Oscar, the only time that award was won for... Full review

I have to disagree with the comment "For all you Tracy fans only", and also with the comments that suggest the 1931 version of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is far better.First of all, I am not a Spencer Tracy... Full review

Less a horror movie than a lavish excursion into an elegant costume drama MGM-style, this version of Robert Louis Stevenson's novella still manages to hold itself well due to the presences of the three leads, Spencer Tracy, and two rising... Full review

Spencer Tracy is magnificent in this, doing Mr Hyde basically with changes in behavior and agility rather than heavy make-up. He scared me to death when he vaulted over a railing and down a couple fo flights of stairs.This is... Full review

For years I knew that Fredric March had won one of his Oscars for DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE back in the '30s and always assumed that because of this his performance was superior to Spencer Tracy's.But having just seen... Full review

This version of the classic "Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde" story is more slow-moving and psychological than most. Rather than emphasizing the more horrific elements of the story, it relies on a good cast to bring out the ways that... Full review

Unlike Universal, MGM was never a studio associated much with out-and-out horror films (A notable exception: 1932's great "The Mask of Fu Manchu," with Boris Karloff, Myrna Loy, and Jean Hersholt). But, when they did make them, they made them... Full review

This is a thoughtful interpretation of the Stevenson story but is very rarely emotionally engaging. The theme seems to be sexual repression, with Hyde coming from Jekyll's repressed lust. As Hyde takes over we witness some extraordinary and very graphic... Full review

But where both movies fail is creating a believable connection between the two characters. By introducing a fiancée and a "mistress," the filmmakers have created an insoluble problem. ... Full Review

Stax here with an IGN FilmForce exclusive look at David Mamet's screenplay adaptation of the Robert Louis Stevenson classic Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde ! This 144-page draft dated June 15, 2001 is actually entitled Diary of a Young London... ... Full Article

MGM decided to remake "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" as a prestige production and lavished a good deal of money on it. They hired Victor Fleming, hot off "Gone With the Wind" and "The Wizard of Oz," to direct, and... ... Full Article

One of three 1920 adaptations of Robert Louis Stevenson's classic allegorical chiller, the Paramount DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE is remembered primarily for John Barrymore's bravura performance as the title duo. ... Full Article

I have to admit I liked the earlier, more melodramatic account better.It offers more energy and more pure animal fervor, even if parts of it are, frankly, more corny. ... Full Article

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is the second sound version of the Robert Louis Stevenson "doppelganger" tale. This time Spencer Tracy plays the benevolent Dr. ... Full Article

MGM gave the familiar story the big-budget, big-star treatment, but in the process drained it of all of its biting social and psychological implications. Spencer Tracy, who was assigned the Jekyll/Hyde role against his wishes, is woefully miscast and sinks... ... Full Article