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 (1920 Paramount film) critics in the trade media and in fan-based publications generally gave high marks to "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" and, not surprisingly, focused chiefly on John Barrymore. The popular trade paper "Variety" described the production as a “fine and dignified presentation” with an “excellent” performance by Barrymore despite what the paper viewed as the absurd nature of the plot: In the weeks following the release of "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" in March 1920, media reports about the box-office receipts being generated by the film and the exorbitant prices being spent by “movie palaces” to rent it attest to the