OVER A 100 YEARS OF DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE VARIATIONS!

"Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde" was written by Robert Lewis Stevenson and published in 1886. In the upcoming years after that, the movie making business was just getting started, and the strange story of Dr. Jekyll was a popular subject. As far as I can tell, the first filmed version of "Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde"was in 1908 starring Hobart Bosworth! It was followed by more films in 1910 with Alwin Neuß in the lead role, 1912 starring James Cruze, and in 1913, two versions, one with King Baggot as the star, and one with Murdock MacQuarrie as the good Doctor with a split personality! What a bunch of household names today! Makes it real clear how fickle fame really is! But the ongoing tales of Dr. Jekyll didn't really get going until.....

 .......this version came out starring Johnny Barrymore in 1920!

The 1931 version starring Frederick March was a monsterpiece!
Who or what was the greatest monster of all time in the movies? Here are the choices, and you have to consider the variations like "Son of..." and "Cousin of....," Frankenstein, Dracula and/or any vampire variation, a Lycanthrope, a Mummified person, somebody Invisible, or the Doctor with a severe disorder when he drinks too much?
I think Dr. Jekyll is right up there at the top of the list!

I'm not going to attempt to list all the Dr. Jekyll movies, but here's a group of interesting variations I have compiled. This 1941 version starring Spencer Tracy, Ingrid Bergman, and Lana Turner, probably had the most star power of them all!

So in 1951, Dr. Jekyll managed to have a son. Happy Mother's Day!

In 1953, Abbott and  Costello met "Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde," as they had previously with Frankenstein and The Invisible Man, and after this, they would also meet The Mummy!

 In 1957 it was revealed that Dr. Jekyll not only had a son, but a daughter too!

Hammer Studios came out with a comic variation called THE UGLY DUCKLING in 1959!
Just for the record, this movie is impossible to find today as far as I can tell in any way, shape, or form!

 Also in 1959, Jean Renoir's "Le Testament Du Docteur Cordelier" aka "THE DOCTOR'S HORRIBLE EXPERIMENT came out, and it might be the last serious version for quite a while!

  The nerdy Jerry Lewis Dr. Jekyll turns into rico suave Mr. Hyde in the 1963 version called "The Nutty Professor" (which was remade in itself in the 1996 Eddie Murphy version)!

In 1964, influenced by bad grades and nicotine, The Bitsko Brothers filmed their short version in 8 millimeter! Seen by only a handful of people, all footage is lost forever!

 

 

More family woes, first the brother, then the daughter, and now the sister! "Dr. Jekyll And Sister Hyde" escaped from the loony bin in 1971!

This one gets both a poster and a lobby card because Martine Beswick is in it!

 

 Let no angle be unturned, in 1976, they came out with "Dr. Black and Mr. Hyde" starring Bernie Casey! Killer Poster from Thailand I think!

 DOTTOR JEKYLL E GENTILE SIGNORA (Doctor Jekyll Likes Them Hot) was directed by Steno, and came out in 1979! Edwige Fenech has all the angles in this one!

 DR. HECKLE and MR. HYPE (1980)

I've never seen this one, and I'm not really sure I want to, even though I'm a huge Oliver Reed fan!

I mean it is supposed to be "Horribly Hilarious!"

There have been many many many more versions made over the years like this 1995 comedy, many Warner Brothers cartoons, TV shows as varied as Dobie Gillis, The Dukes Of Hazard, and The Partridge Family, and why not? "Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde" is a classic tale of the inner struggles of good and bad and dark and light! It's pretty freakin' simple, and until deemed politically incorrect, will continue until there are only two people left, and then they get into a fight!

25 GOOD REASONS TO WATCH OLDE MOVIES Part 04

Really, this whole concept has been a no-brainer from start to finish, loads of fun, but lots of work! It should be interesting to see how far it goes!

Welcome to another Saturday night in The Dungeon! 

Once again, there's no rhyme, and no reason, just one man's opinion, but I think you'll find it difficult to disagree!!!

#76 - Rossana Yanna - "Küss Mich, Monster" "Fangs Of The Living Dead"

#77 - Rossana Podestà - "The Seven Dwarfs To The Rescue" "Horror Castle" "Seven Golden Men"

#78 - Stephanie Powers - "The Girl From U.N.C.L.E." "Experiment In Terror"

#79 - Susan Strasberg -"Scream Of Fear" "The Trip" "Psych-Out"

#80 - Tina Louise - "Gilligan"s Island" "The Wrecking Crew"

#81 - Virginia Leith - "The Brain That Wouldn't Die" "On The Threshold Of Space"

#82 - Greta Thyssen - "Terror Is A Man" "Journey To The Seventh Planet"

#83 - Janice Rule - "The Ambushers" "The Swimmer"

#84 - Janine Reynaud - "Küss Mich, Monster" "Succubus"

#85 - Joan Chandler - "Rope" "Dragstrip Riot"

 #86 - Lee Meriwether - Miss America 1955 - "4D Man" "Batman: The Movie" "Star Trek"

#87 - Linda Hayden - "Baby Love" "The Blood On Satan's Claw"

#88 - Mamie Van Doren - The third member of the 'Blonde Bombshell" trilogy that included Marilyn Monroe, and Jayne Mansfield! "The Girl In Black Stockings" "Guns, Girls, And Gangsters"

#89 - Marie Windsor - "Cat-Women Of The Moon" "The Day Mars Invaded Earth" "Chamber Of Horrors"

#90 - Marla English - "The She-Creature" "Voodoo Woman"

#91 - Quinn O'Hara - "A Swingin' Summer" "The Ghost In The Invisible Bikini"

#92 - Acquanetta - "Captive Wild Woman" "Jungle Woman"

#93 - Adriana Ambesi - "Crypt Of The Vampire" "Secret Agent Super Dragon"

#94 -  Dominique Boschero - "The Fantastic Argoman" "Ulysses Against Hercules"

 #95 - Beverly Adams - "How To Stuff A Wild Bikini" Lovey Kravezit in the Matt Helm films!

#96 - Dana Wynter - "Invasion Of The Body Snatchers"

 #97 - Danièle Gaubert - "The Golden Claws Of The Cat Girl"

 #98 - Edwige Fenech - "The Case Of The Bloody Iris" "Strip Nude For Your Killer"

#99 - Gail Russell - "The Uninvited" "The Unseen"

#100 - Ursula Andress - "Slave Of The Cannibal God" "Dr. No"
These 25 actresses make it a cool 100, so if you figure they have an average of 30 movie and TV appearances each (and I think that's an estimate on the low side), you only need to watch about 3000 TV shows and movies to catch up! Better get crackin'!