Parody Because audiences had seen these classic Westerns, they had expectations for any new Westerns, and when these expectations were inverted, the audience laughed. Perhaps the earliest parody film was the 1922 "Mud and Sand", a Stan Laurel film that made fun of Rudolph Valentino's film "Blood and Sand". Laurel specialized in parodies in the mid-1920s, writing and acting in a number of them. Some were send-ups of popular films, such as "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde"—parodied in the comic "Dr. Pyckle and Mr. Pryde" (1926). Others were spoofs of Broadway plays, such as "No, No, Nanette" (1925), parodied as "Yes,
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941 film) of "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" in late July 1941, the trade paper "Variety" cited some weaknesses in the development of characters and situations in the film’s plot; but, overall, the popular New York publication gave the production a very positive assessment. "Variety" predicted the film would be “one of the big ones for fall release” and focused special attention on Bergman’s performance and screen presence. It compared too Hyde’s physical appearance with his portrayals in the 1925 and 1931 interpretations of Stevenson’s novella: "The Film Daily" praised the film in its review, heaping most of its accolades on Victor