It's very easy to forget that both roles are played by Frederic March...not just from the makeup aspect, but March's brilliant acting. You'd think they were two different actors.
Chuck Potocki Music-Unlike the 1970s tv series The Incredible Hulk, which was a takeoff of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, the role of Dr. David Banner was played by Bill Bixby, while the Hulk was played by bodybuilder Lou Ferrigno. So those characters were played by two different actors.
This is the best version of the novel. Fredrick March won the academy award for best actor and richly deserved. Phenomenal acting and I love the effects
Director Rouben Mamoulian carefully planned the makeup with makeup artist Wally Westmore. Hyde looks funny and pixieish in the first transformation, scampering around the lab. But as the film goes on, the transformations degenerate (reflecting Hyde's debauchery) until the final transformation in which Hyde looks positively hideous. Still the best version of the short story.
This is the best cinematic version of Stevenson's story bar none. The flair with which Mamoulian embellishes the screen and March's superb performance still hold up brilliantly.
This is such a fantastic shot. Way before CGI or advanced makeup was relevant. Framing it as a single shot, the DP was able to create the illusion of Jekyll transforming into Hyde by having March in makeup already, and then dimming the lights on set. What we get is a shocking and horrific effect that was amazing for this time, and still an achievement for today.
Specifically, they used different colors of lighting. The Hyde makeup wasn't visible under the light used at the beginning of the transformation shot. They slowly faded that light out, and faded in a different color at the same time, which made the makeup visible. Since the whole thing is shot in black and white, the color shift is imperceptible.
One of the greatest actors of all time. To think that March is portraying both characters is absolutely stunning. None of the Hollywood effects and stuntmen to carry the day. This is the definition of acting. Becoming a character and stepping outside of yourself to transform to someone else. Or in March's case, something else. Another comment a viewer made is telling of Fredric March's greatness. He was the first actor to receive an Academy Award in a horror role. Talk about transcending your craft!Benicio del Toro won for the Wolfman many years later. That performance didnt require close to the skill of March's tour de force. Few, if any actors have surpassed the talent of Fredric March. A truly legendary performer.
Benicio Del Toro didn't won an Oscar for Traffic then nominated again for 21 Grams. He wasn't nominated for The Wolfman, the make up was though. Rick Baker won his last Oscar for it, his first (and also the first winner of the Best Make Up category), was for An American Werewolf In London. Quite ironic really.
It's hard to believe it took me seventy years to discover what I believe to be the Ultimate Transformation thanks to the sublime talent of Frederich March! Incredible! Thanks for sharing, pal.
Jekyll: September 13th, 11:56 PM. I have started this alone, And I must finish it. Alone. There is no longer a choice. I know I must use myself As the subject of the experiment No there is no choice I must put aside the fears I feel inside There's no place to hide So it comes to this One last final chance for me to take Now everything I've fought for is at stake Like a warning light, glimmering in red Like crimson bloodshed, shimmering in red Beautiful and strange, See the colors change Before my eyes See how they dance and they sparkle like diamonds at night Leading out of the darkness And into the light. 11:58 PM. I have consumed 10 centiliters of formula HJ7. Salty, bitter taste. Stings the tongue. Warm in the gullet. Heat spreading strongly through my veins. A slight feeling of euphoria. Light-headedness. No noticeable behavioral differences I must be wise I must try to analyze each change in me Everything I see How will it be? Will I see the world through different eyes? Now the die is cast! Nothing left to do... Time alone can prove my theories true... Show the world-- My God! What's this? Something is happening I can't explain Something inside me A breathtaking pain Devours and consumes me And drives me insane! Suddenly Uncontrolled Something is Taking hold! Suddenly Agony! Filling me! Killing me? Suddenly Out of breath! What is this? Is this death? Suddenly Look at me! Can it be? Who is this... creature... that I see? Hyde: Free! Hahahahaha!!!!
Three moments that happen before taking a shot of tequila. 0:53-1:02 Bracing yourself before you take the shot 1:13-1:23 the taste in your mouth and the powerful gut sensation (trying not to gag or throw up something) 3:31-3:38 when the loopy feeling / sensation kicks in
I think it was a shot of badly tainted Corked Rye Whiskey --- You must be thinking of different scene from the classic Tennessee Williams play _Tequila Mockingbird._
The visual effects are quite impressive considering the year the movie was made. Many movies of the late 1920s/early 1930s were very static and theatrical, but this movie... it's amazing.
0:57 this onwards is such a fantastic shot. I take it that wasnt a real mirror but merely the actor with a frame around him? Also how on earth did they pull off that transformation shot? It looks brilliant, far betgwr than any modern day hollywood cgi transformation you would see today
They put red makeup on him for the dark areas and put a red filter in front of the camera lense to hide it. Then they switch the filter to a blue one in real time and the red makeup shows up very dark.
Mamoulian's camerawork/direction is superb and Frederic March is fantastic. How shocking Hyde's makeup must have been to 1931 audiences. Lon Chaney Senior would have been impressed. A masterful film and the best version of Stevenson's story.
I just realized a strange coincidence. Danny Masterson played the character "Hyde" in THAT 70's SHOW. Now, it turns out that he did truly MONSTROUS things in real life! 😮 I have been a HORROR fan all of my life and just realized that I have NEVER watched a "Jekyll & Hyde" film. I am correcting that oversight right now. 😁
[Jekyll groaning] [glass shatters] [laughs] me: dr jekyll? Are you still here? Are you possessed? Mr hyde: [laughs] dr jekyll isn't here anymore, I'm Mr hyde
This movie is pretty good, but I really don't find it as frightening or entertaining as the John Barrymore version. The Hyde in this one is more of a sly creep instead of an actual monster. The camera work is outstanding though, I will say.
The Barrymore's Hyde seemed like a possessed demon, I don't know if it's a positive or negative point since I haven't read Robert Louis Stevenson's novel, but I think the image and figure of Frederich March's Hyde is the one we all have in mind, and I think it is the most popular version
I wish this 1932 Horror Classic from Paramount Pictures was purchased in 1958 by MCA (Music Corporation of America) along with the 750 of the per-1949 Paramount sound movies, and later MCA bought Universal Studios. Which means Universal today owns the pre-1949 Paramount sound film library for television rights and Home Video distribution, but this also means DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE (1932) would be in place with the Universal Studios Monster Collection with Dracula and Frankenstein. But sadly Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer purchased the 1932 movie in 1940 for a remake with Spencer Tracy which is a terrible remake of the Robert Louis Stevenson 1886 classic story. Today Turner Entertainment and Warner Brothers owns DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE (1932) and the 1941 MGM remake as well. I hope to get this 1932 Horror Classic on BLU-RAY when it will be announced soon in the future!
Including 25 seconds of Ivy’s nude bed scene when she climbs into bed naked, this scene was never shown on the 1989 VHS or the 1991 Laserdisc. Let’s keep our fingers crossed so that Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1932) will come to Blu-ray and it will be included with my Blu-ray product of Universal’s FRANKENSTEIN (1931) as a Halloween gift!
Dustin , I totally disagree with your comment about the tracy version being lousy. It is very well done with top production values and gears towards psychological then violence. I will always say the the March version is better.
What other Paramount film of that era used the special effects of his face changing into different patterns/shades of black and white while looking in the mirror? I know there is another Paramount movie from that same period starring Randolph Scott which I have been trying to obtain so far to no avail. Please, anyone, inform! Thanks!
I have a question, because Hyde looks more and more deformed in each transformation, from the first transformation to the last Hyde looks very different, can someone explain it to me?
It's a reflection of how his debaucheries grow worse and worse. He starts out being a karen to the waiter and ends up tormenting, abusing, and ultimately murdering the side girl. Symbolically, his appearance becomes uglier as his actions become uglier. It's also to show us the degenerative effects of the serum itself. He's wrecking his body with it because being free (of moral constraints) has become a form of addiction. Almost like how someone using meth ruins their health the longer they're in active addiction.
Hmm, I wonder if the Disney animators were a big fan of this film. Since, Dr. Jekyll's transformation does vaguely remind me of The Queen's transformation from "Snow White"
dr strangelove my only complaint is that Hyde didn't cause as much trouble as I hoped. He just bosses a few people around. I would've preferred to see him wandering the streets, beating people with his cane, and assaulting people in dark alleys.
All of the comments are nothing more than people attempting to appear intelligent while simply repeating what they have read and vainly claiming it as their own. Hilarious.
It's very easy to forget that both roles are played by Frederic March...not just from the makeup aspect, but March's brilliant acting. You'd think they were two different actors.
OK with you !
He used stage tradition. Overplayed them to show how much they contrasted 🧪
Chuck Potocki Music-Unlike the 1970s tv series The Incredible Hulk, which was a takeoff of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, the role of Dr. David Banner was played by Bill Bixby, while the Hulk was played by bodybuilder Lou Ferrigno. So those characters were played by two different actors.
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And THAT’S what won him the Oscar
First actor to win a best actor oscar for a horror film. Amazing performance
This is the best version of the novel. Fredrick March won the academy award for best actor and richly deserved. Phenomenal acting and I love the effects
The sort of film I want to watch when I’m all alone, just to appreciate the atmosphere and unspoiled beauty of this early masterpiece
I see
I wanna watch at at Max Linder Panorama in Paris. A theatre with 600 seats!
Director Rouben Mamoulian carefully planned the makeup with makeup artist Wally Westmore. Hyde looks funny and pixieish in the first transformation, scampering around the lab. But as the film goes on, the transformations degenerate (reflecting Hyde's debauchery) until the final transformation in which Hyde looks positively hideous. Still the best version of the short story.
This is the best cinematic version of Stevenson's story bar none. The flair with which Mamoulian embellishes the screen and March's superb performance still hold up brilliantly.
This is such a fantastic shot. Way before CGI or advanced makeup was relevant. Framing it as a single shot, the DP was able to create the illusion of Jekyll transforming into Hyde by having March in makeup already, and then dimming the lights on set. What we get is a shocking and horrific effect that was amazing for this time, and still an achievement for today.
Specifically, they used different colors of lighting. The Hyde makeup wasn't visible under the light used at the beginning of the transformation shot. They slowly faded that light out, and faded in a different color at the same time, which made the makeup visible. Since the whole thing is shot in black and white, the color shift is imperceptible.
Well that explains it!
👍
One of the greatest actors of all time. To think that March is portraying both characters is absolutely stunning. None of the Hollywood effects and stuntmen to carry the day. This is the definition of acting. Becoming a character and stepping outside of yourself to transform to someone else. Or in March's case, something else. Another comment a viewer made is telling of Fredric March's greatness. He was the first actor to receive an Academy Award in a horror role. Talk about transcending your craft!Benicio del Toro won for the Wolfman many years later. That performance didnt require close to the skill of March's tour de force. Few, if any actors have surpassed the talent of Fredric March. A truly legendary performer.
Benicio Del Toro didn't won an Oscar for Traffic then nominated again for 21 Grams. He wasn't nominated for The Wolfman, the make up was though. Rick Baker won his last Oscar for it, his first (and also the first winner of the Best Make Up category), was for An American Werewolf In London. Quite ironic really.
I really love the bodily movements once he’s transformed, the actions express the thoughts
Man things were so much better before CGI
It's hard to believe it took me seventy years to discover what I believe to be the Ultimate Transformation thanks to the sublime talent of Frederich March! Incredible! Thanks for sharing, pal.
Happy 90th Anniversary to Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 1931!
Jekyll: September 13th, 11:56 PM.
I have started this alone,
And I must finish it. Alone.
There is no longer a choice.
I know I must use myself
As the subject of the experiment
No there is no choice
I must put aside the fears I feel inside
There's no place to hide
So it comes to this
One last final chance for me to take
Now everything I've fought for is at stake
Like a warning light, glimmering in red
Like crimson bloodshed, shimmering in red
Beautiful and strange,
See the colors change
Before my eyes
See how they dance and they sparkle like diamonds at night
Leading out of the darkness
And into the light.
11:58 PM. I have consumed 10 centiliters of formula HJ7.
Salty, bitter taste. Stings the tongue. Warm in the gullet.
Heat spreading strongly through my veins.
A slight feeling of euphoria.
Light-headedness.
No noticeable behavioral differences
I must be wise
I must try to analyze each change in me
Everything I see
How will it be?
Will I see the world through different eyes?
Now the die is cast!
Nothing left to do...
Time alone can prove my theories true...
Show the world--
My God! What's this?
Something is happening
I can't explain
Something inside me
A breathtaking pain
Devours and consumes me
And drives me insane!
Suddenly
Uncontrolled
Something is
Taking hold!
Suddenly
Agony!
Filling me!
Killing me?
Suddenly
Out of breath!
What is this?
Is this death?
Suddenly
Look at me!
Can it be?
Who is this... creature... that I see?
Hyde: Free!
Hahahahaha!!!!
I just watched this film and what a great contrasting pair of performances, really like two different people and superb make up for the time
after that one defining shot of tequila.
It's how I look when I wake up in the morning! XD
WolfieMcMuffin Hahahaha
Three moments that happen before taking a shot of tequila.
0:53-1:02 Bracing yourself before you take the shot
1:13-1:23 the taste in your mouth and the powerful gut sensation (trying not to gag or throw up something)
3:31-3:38 when the loopy feeling / sensation kicks in
I think it was a shot of badly tainted Corked Rye Whiskey --- You must be thinking of different scene from the classic Tennessee Williams play _Tequila Mockingbird._
The visual effects are quite impressive considering the year the movie was made.
Many movies of the late 1920s/early 1930s were very static and theatrical, but this movie... it's amazing.
0:57 this onwards is such a fantastic shot. I take it that wasnt a real mirror but merely the actor with a frame around him? Also how on earth did they pull off that transformation shot? It looks brilliant, far betgwr than any modern day hollywood cgi transformation you would see today
They put red makeup on him for the dark areas and put a red filter in front of the camera lense to hide it. Then they switch the filter to a blue one in real time and the red makeup shows up very dark.
Mamoulian's camerawork/direction is superb and Frederic March is fantastic. How shocking Hyde's makeup must have been to 1931 audiences. Lon Chaney Senior would have been impressed. A masterful film and the best version of Stevenson's story.
Love that laugh at the end!
I know a kid at school who looks like that
What an incredible camera work !
Best (movie) version!
classic-i love this film
I share your thoughts on this one. Very classic
I love this movie so much, I have been looking at places online to buy it, but I have not found anything yet unfortunately..
look on amazon ashur
You can download it off the irainian websites.
March’s hair should have been combed to the opposite side to represent a mirror image.
Well spotted Sir Sherlock! 👏
The camera trick mirror scene 🔥
This movie is fucking awesome.
We Geminis understand this internal conflict
0:56 Glass goes down vs Glass goes down in mirror :D
I love these retro movies. Its authentic!
I just realized a strange coincidence. Danny Masterson played the character "Hyde" in THAT 70's SHOW. Now, it turns out that he did truly MONSTROUS things in real life! 😮
I have been a HORROR fan all of my life and just realized that I have NEVER watched a "Jekyll & Hyde" film. I am correcting that oversight right now. 😁
He turned into Andre the Giant lol.
One half of the origin of the Incredible Hulk character. The other half... Frankenstein's monster.
1:19 GodDAMN, is that freaky! 0_0
That lap dissolve at 1:19 was very well done for 1931.
That’s not a lap dissolve between two different shots. He’s wearing makeup that can only be seen through a filter.
This is like the fun version of what Multiple Personality Disorder is.
on a du mal à croire que c'est bien Fredric MARCH qui s'agite comme ça !
Yvonne Manser! YOU UNDERSTAND! we understand each other!
[Jekyll groaning] [glass shatters] [laughs] me: dr jekyll? Are you still here? Are you possessed? Mr hyde: [laughs] dr jekyll isn't here anymore, I'm Mr hyde
Amazing SIMPLY AMAZING
a surf curse video brought me here.
That's who Pete Davison looks like! I knew he looked familiar!
Brilliant in every way.
1931 hyde is so silly why do i love him
This movie is pretty good, but I really don't find it as frightening or entertaining as the John Barrymore version. The Hyde in this one is more of a sly creep instead of an actual monster. The camera work is outstanding though, I will say.
The Barrymore's Hyde seemed like a possessed demon, I don't know if it's a positive or negative point since I haven't read Robert Louis Stevenson's novel, but I think the image and figure of Frederich March's Hyde is the one we all have in mind, and I think it is the most popular version
That's what I thought, but I love his version just as much as John's. Tracy's on the other hand...🙄
I wish this 1932 Horror Classic from Paramount Pictures was purchased in 1958 by MCA (Music Corporation of America) along with the 750 of the per-1949 Paramount sound movies, and later MCA bought Universal Studios. Which means Universal today owns the pre-1949 Paramount sound film library for television rights and Home Video distribution, but this also means DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE (1932) would be in place with the Universal Studios Monster Collection with Dracula and Frankenstein. But sadly Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer purchased the 1932 movie in 1940 for a remake with Spencer Tracy which is a terrible remake of the Robert Louis Stevenson 1886 classic story. Today Turner Entertainment and Warner Brothers owns DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE (1932) and the 1941 MGM remake as well. I hope to get this 1932 Horror Classic on BLU-RAY when it will be announced soon in the future!
Don't worry. This movie is in good hands with Warner Bros. It has been restored including it's original Paramount opening titles
Including 25 seconds of Ivy’s nude bed scene when she climbs into bed naked, this scene was never shown on the 1989 VHS or the 1991 Laserdisc. Let’s keep our fingers crossed so that Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1932) will come to Blu-ray and it will be included with my Blu-ray product of Universal’s FRANKENSTEIN (1931) as a Halloween gift!
Dustin , I totally disagree with your comment about the tracy version being lousy. It is very well done with top production values and gears towards psychological then violence. I will always say the the March version is better.
Great stuff for 1931!
great!
this was well scary
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What other Paramount film of that era used the special effects of his face changing into different patterns/shades of black and white while looking in the mirror? I know there is another Paramount movie from that same period starring Randolph Scott which I have been trying to obtain so far to no avail. Please, anyone, inform! Thanks!
The guy that deserved the academy award was the make/up artist not March
YO my guy didn't just take the red pill he chugged it 🤣🤣🤣
I have a question, because Hyde looks more and more deformed in each transformation, from the first transformation to the last Hyde looks very different, can someone explain it to me?
It's a reflection of how his debaucheries grow worse and worse. He starts out being a karen to the waiter and ends up tormenting, abusing, and ultimately murdering the side girl. Symbolically, his appearance becomes uglier as his actions become uglier.
It's also to show us the degenerative effects of the serum itself. He's wrecking his body with it because being free (of moral constraints) has become a form of addiction. Almost like how someone using meth ruins their health the longer they're in active addiction.
Hmm, I wonder if the Disney animators were a big fan of this film. Since, Dr. Jekyll's transformation does vaguely remind me of The Queen's transformation from "Snow White"
I Actually dont Think that this Movie is great, but marchs perforamce was incredible!;)
dr strangelove my only complaint is that Hyde didn't cause as much trouble as I hoped. He just bosses a few people around. I would've preferred to see him wandering the streets, beating people with his cane, and assaulting people in dark alleys.
+Perl Pictures yeah, and he kills that MP
Was Jekyll or Hyde the real person? Hyde did say "Free at last!"
True performence
Epic.
Better than Spencer tracy!🍷🍷
Definitely
Where is the psycho wave?
March is good but fear factor Barrymore takes it
Well duh, us Scorpio rising Capri Moons are born to scare the shit out of everyone
hey where can i find the full movie i cannof find it anywhere
download it off the iranian websites.
Ehsan Films what site?
Hyde is much sexier than Jekyll.
I love unique and special looks, so no wonder I find Hyde fascinating.
*Drinks potion*
*Turns into Pete Davidson*
Am I the only one that gets Jerry Lewis vibes ?
I've never actually seen the original
Yellow 💛 rose,buttonhole ❤
Up to this day, this is is still uncomfortable to watch.
I wonder what it tastes like lol
💪🏼💪🏼👍👍
Estoy acá por tarea :)
I smell ham
Alcoholism.
Indeed. The ultimate truth serum.
All of the comments are nothing more than people attempting to appear intelligent while simply repeating what they have read and vainly claiming it as their own. Hilarious.
You can see this kind of behavior everywhere unfortunately.
He kinda looks like Barrack Obama.....
I always knew he wasn't fit to be President.
he turned into a Dave Growl
xD was thinking the same (btw Dave Grohl)
1941?
1932. The Spencer Tracy version was 1941.
🙃
fuck ---too much of benzodiazépine
We all here cause of school
cringe. john barrymore version is much better.
This won an Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for Fredric March (tied with Wallace Beery for The Champ).