Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941 film)
Remake of the 1931 Oscar-winning film, set in Victorian-era London.
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is a 1941 American horror film directed by Victor Fleming and produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It stars Spencer Tracy, Ingrid Bergman, and Lana Turner, and is a direct remake of the Oscar-winning 1931 film of the same title. The film was a commercial success and was nominated for three Academy Awards.
Background
The film is set in Victorian-era London, where Dr. Henry Jekyll experiments with a serum to separate good and evil in human nature. After transforming into Mr. Hyde, he terrorizes a barmaid named Ivy Peterson, raping her and later murdering her. Jekyll's fiancée Beatrix Emery returns from abroad, and Jekyll struggles to control his transformations, which eventually occur without the serum. The story culminates in Hyde killing Beatrix's father, Sir Charles, and being shot by Dr. Lanyon, reverting to Jekyll as he dies.
Did You Know?
- Ingrid Bergman originally was cast as the virtuous fiancée but pleaded to switch roles with Lana Turner to play the grittier barmaid Ivy.
- The film is a direct remake of the 1931 version, which was withdrawn from circulation by MGM after they acquired the rights in the 1940s, but it was never lost and was re-released in 1967.
- Spencer Tracy suggested Katharine Hepburn for the role of Beatrix, not both roles; Tracy and Hepburn had already met and begun their relationship by 1941.
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- Wikipedia: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941 film) (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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