Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
It CHILLS you! Half-MAN! Half-MONSTER!
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Dr. Jekyll believes good and evil exist in everyone and creates a potion that allows his evil side, Mr. Hyde, to come to the fore. He faces horrible consequences when he lets his dark side run amok.
What's left behind the scenes
- The studio's initial choice for the dual leading role was Robert Donat.
- Spencer Tracy initially wanted to approach his character's story realistically, stripping it of its mystical elements. The actor was disappointed that the producers, having purchased the rights to a 1931 screenplay, insisted on the traditional version of the plot.
- Ivy Peterson is absent from the original novella—this character was taken from the 1931 film.
- Due to the infamous Hays Code in 1941, much of the film had to be significantly softened compared to the original 1931 film. For example, Ivy Peterson was changed from a prostitute to a barmaid.
- Spencer Tracy wanted one actress to play both characters—both Beatrice Emery and Ivy Peterson—and suggested Katharine Hepburn for the role. The actor believed that such a move would successfully reinforce the idea that good and evil live in every person.
- Initially, Ingrid Bergman was invited to play Beatrice Emery, and Lana Turner—to play Ivy Peterson. However, Ingrid Bergman found the role of Ivy more interesting for herself and convinced the producers to switch roles with Lana Turner.
- Patricia Morrison and Susan Hayward were also considered for the leading female roles.
- The film is based on Robert Louis Stevenson's novella "Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" (1886).
- Spencer Tracy was so eager to start filming that he turned down the lead role in the romantic comedy "The Philadelphia Story" (1940) (and was subsequently replaced by Cary Grant).
- The concept of two lovers of Jekyll/Hyde – the aristocratic Beatrix Emery and the commoner Ivy Peterson – first appeared in the play "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde," adapted by playwright T.R. Sullivan for 19th-century stage actor Richard Mansfield. The original novella does not mention any romantic interests of Jekyll or Hyde.
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