Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941) Resident Scholar Profiles
TOP SCHOLAR: Brandon Swenson
SCHOLARS: Daniel Staebler
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| Review Summary |
A doctor, Harry Jekyll, creates a potion that temporarily turns nice people evil and evil people nice. After testing it on animals, he decides to test it on himself.
The potion turns changes his appearance and makes him evil. He calls this alter ego Mr. Hyde.
When Dr. Jekyll's fiance travels with her sick father, Harry sees it as an opportunity to more expirimenting with Mr. Hyde. Mr. Hyde goes to a bar to see a risque show. He takes a liking to a pretty barmaid that he met as the doctor. He makes his advances, but she rejects him. Hyde starts a bar fight and blames the barmaid, Ivy, and he pays the bar owner to fire he.
He then plays the hero and takes her in. He's cruel to Ivy, hurting her and keeping her prisoner as he lives both Hyde's and Jekyll's life.
Soon, the metamorphasis takes over and Harry can no longer control the change. One night, he changes into Hyde, returns to Ivy and kills her.
Knowing he's dangerous, he breaks off his engagement, but he again changes into Hyde and kills his fiance's dad.
The police confront Jekyll who denies it, but he changes intoHyde again, attacks the police and is shot and killed.
Brandon Swenson, Resident Scholar
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DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE is a movie produced and directed by Victor Fleming in 1941.
Dr. Henry Jekyll is engaged to the beautiful Lana Turner. Every night, in his private laboratory, he goes on with his experiments. He's searching for the formula that will allow him to separate the bad from the human mind.
Testing on himself the result of his last experiment, Dr. Jekyll becomes Mr. Hyde, a monster whose mind is only made up by the bad and hidden thoughts of Dr. Jekyll. At first, Jekyll is sure he'll be able to master Hyde but soon Hyde's personality manages to control Dr. Jekyll and starts committing crimes in the London of the late XIXth century.
Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 20%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzle - 45%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 35%
**Fantasy or Science Fiction?**
- science fiction story
Character operated on/altered?
Yes
Kind of alteration:
- turned into a monster or alien
- given another personality/identity
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- doctor
Age:
- 20's-30's
- 40's-50's
Eccentric:
Yes
- obsessed
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/medium wavy
Body type
- average (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- aggressive
Ethnicity/Nationality
- English/British
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
- Genius
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn curly
- (woman) long curly
Body type
- ample chest & buttocks (female)
Unclothed?
- very tight clothes
How much in movie?
- 40%
- 60%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- British
- Eastern European
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
- general circumstances
Age:
- 20's-30's
Has special powers?
Yes
Magical/mental powers of main antagonist:
- super strength
Eccentric:
Yes
- mentally ill
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 40%
Hair style
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- average (man)
Ethnicity
- British
Intelligence
- Average Intelligence
Physical condition
- average physique
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Setting
Earth setting:
- 19th century
Takes place on Earth?
Yes
Big cities?
Yes
Misc settings
- bar/restaurant
- lab
Kind of city
- Dirty, crime-ridden (like NY)
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
- moderately detailed references to deaths
Tone of movie
- fearful
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
Check here if B&W
Yes
Any profanity?
- None
Kinds of F/X
- nasty human transformations
Is this movie based on a
- book
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