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| | Amazon.com: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde: DVD: John Barrymore,Martha Mansfield,Brandon Hurst,Charles Lane (III),George ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12) |
 | | He tends to be hammy as the leering beast of a thug but brings a tortured struggle to the repressed doctor, horrified at the demon he's unleashed, guilty that he enjoys Hyde's unrestrained life of drinking and whoring, and terrified that he can no longer control the transformations. |
 | | The whole "feel" of the film, however is near-perfect, and Nita Naldi, almost 90 years after the fact, is still sexy in a dance-hall-singer sort of way. |
 | | This silent version of the film is of more importance from a historical standpoint than from an artistic standpoint, since Barrymore gave the American horror film some much needed legitimacy by playing this part (Lon Chaney was still five years away from making "The Phantom of the Opera"). |
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