Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920)
Based on the Robert Louis Stevenson story: Doctor Henry Jekyll's enthusiasm for science and
his selfless acts of service have made him a much-admired man. But as he visits Sir George Carew one
evening, his host criticizes him for his reluctance to experience the more sensual side of life. Sir
George goads Jekyll into visiting a music hall, where he watches the alluring dancer Gina. Jekyll
becomes fascinated with the two contrasting sides of human nature, and he becomes obsessed with the
idea of separating them. After extensive work in his laboratory, he devises a formula that does indeed
allow him to alternate between two completely different personalities, his own and that of a brutish,
lascivious person whom he names Hyde. It is not long before the personality of Hyde begins to dominate
Jekyll's affairs. - imdb.com
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