Dr. Pyckle and Mr. Pryde Dr. Pyckle and Mr. Pryde Dr. Pyckle and Mr. Pryde is a 1925 silent, black-and-white comedy film, directed by Scott Pembroke and Joe Rock (also the producer). The film itself is both a spoof of the previous Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde films (e.g. "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" (1912) and "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" (1920)) and the well-famed novel by Robert Louis Stevenson "Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde." The film stars Stan Laurel as the title characters. Dr. Stanislaus Pyckle, (a play of the actor's name, Stan Laurel), successfully separates the good and evil of
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1912 film) Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1912 film) Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is a 1912 horror film based on both Robert Louis Stevenson's novella "Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde" (1886) and on the play version (1887) of Thomas Russell Sullivan. Directed by Lucius Henderson, the film stars actor (later noted film director) James Cruze in the dual roles of Jekyll and Hyde. White-haired Dr. Jekyll has secretly locked himself in his laboratory administering himself with a vial of formula. He slumps into his chair with his head on his chest. Slowly, as the drug takes effect, a