Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1908)
- Directed by
- Otis Turner
- Genre
- horror film, silent film, science fiction film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 16 min
- Rating
- 8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A doctor creates a potion that turns him into a violent alter ego. Based on the classic story, this is the first film version of the tale.
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What happens
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is a 1908 silent horror film starring Hobart Bosworth, and Betty Harte in her film debut. Directed by Otis Turner and produced by William N. Selig, this was the first film adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's 1886 novel Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. The screenplay was actually adapted by George F. Fish and Luella Forepaugh from their own 1897 four act stage play derived from the novel, causing a number of plot differences with the original source. Despite Stevenson's protests, this film became the model which influenced all the later film adaptations that were to come. Roy Kinnard states it is also considered to be the first American horror film. There are no known extant copies of the film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Pharmaceutical Hallucinations (1908)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.