Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

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Antoine Marchand

#20
August 02, 2009, 08:07:08 AM
Quote from: Bu on August 01, 2009, 10:57:33 AM
I'm sure Spencer had fun during the making of the film:


;D

No doubt at all.  ;)

Bogey

#21
August 02, 2009, 09:16:06 AM
As far as editions of the book goes I always liked this art work created by James Bama for a cover:



I also recently won this poster in a monster trivia contest on another forum.  It is of course a repro, but very cool IMO:





There will never be another era like the Golden Age of Hollywood.  We didn't know how to blow up buildings then so we had no choice but to tell great stories with great characters.-Ben Mankiewicz

Bogey

#22
August 02, 2009, 09:17:51 AM
And who could forget the outstanding Aurora kits:

There will never be another era like the Golden Age of Hollywood.  We didn't know how to blow up buildings then so we had no choice but to tell great stories with great characters.-Ben Mankiewicz

vandermolen

#23
August 02, 2009, 11:55:13 PM
And let us not forget John Barrymore either:
"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm" (Churchill).

'The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good' (Stanley Kubrick).

vandermolen

#24
August 02, 2009, 11:57:27 PM
Quote from: Bogey on August 02, 2009, 09:17:51 AM
And who could forget the outstanding Aurora kits:



Ah yes! Thanks for the nostalgia trip - I had many of these kits - Frankenstein/Dracula/ Man from U.N.C.L.E. etc - but why is Dr Jekyll pouring the solution down his ear?
"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm" (Churchill).

'The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good' (Stanley Kubrick).

vandermolen

#25
August 02, 2009, 11:59:57 PM
Quote from: Bogey on August 02, 2009, 09:16:06 AM
As far as editions of the book goes I always liked this art work created by James Bama for a cover:



I also recently won this poster in a monster trivia contest on another forum.  It is of course a repro, but very cool IMO:






What a great poster to win! I am most jealous.
"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm" (Churchill).

'The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good' (Stanley Kubrick).

vandermolen

#26
August 03, 2009, 12:04:56 AM
Quote from: Szykniej on August 02, 2009, 03:40:43 AM
Vincent Price was terrific! It's interesting that during his career, many Americans here assumed he was British when he was actually born in St. Louis, Missouri.

The Americans often cast the British as villains (ie Alan Rickman and Jeremy Irons in the Die Hard films - Rickman admittedly playing a german) - maybe that's why. I remember an (unintentionally) hilarious cooking programme with Vincent Price on TV here in the late 60s or early 70s 'Cooking Pricewise'.
"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm" (Churchill).

'The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good' (Stanley Kubrick).

vandermolen

#27
August 03, 2009, 12:07:43 AM
Quote from: snyprrr on August 02, 2009, 07:58:18 AM
Masque was by American-International, as were all the Price/Poe/Corman films! Van, I'm shocked! :o



Oops - my apologies - I thought the production values were superior to the 'other' Hammer films! Now I know why.  Well, I did like 'The Curse of Frankenstein' (Christopher Lee) 'The Hound of the Baskervilles' (Peter Cushing version) and 'The Devil Rides Out' (Christoper Lee) and they were Hammer I think.
"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm" (Churchill).

'The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good' (Stanley Kubrick).

DavidW

#28
August 03, 2009, 03:55:23 AM
Quote from: vandermolen on August 03, 2009, 12:04:56 AM
The Americans often cast the British as villains (ie Alan Rickman and Jeremy Irons in the Die Hard films - Rickman admittedly playing a german) - maybe that's why. I remember an (unintentionally) hilarious cooking programme with Vincent Price on TV here in the late 60s or early 70s 'Cooking Pricewise'.

Like Clive Owen, Daniel Craig, Hugh Laurie and Patrick Stewart?  Well I could also mention that Alan Rickman and Jeremy Irons are not typecast as villains, they just sometimes play them.  I can list more actors but I think the point has been made. 8)

karlhenning

#29
August 03, 2009, 03:57:19 AM
Quote from: vandermolen on August 02, 2009, 11:57:27 PM
Ah yes! Thanks for the nostalgia trip - I had many of these kits - Frankenstein/Dracula/ Man from U.N.C.L.E. etc - but why is Dr Jekyll pouring the solution down his ear?

Must be a re-touch of one of the Scenes from Hamlet  ;D

matti

#30
August 03, 2009, 04:04:20 AM
Judging from both Springrite's and Holden's affectionate posts on the thread below, Mel/Iago was a Jekyll/Hyde in real life.

vandermolen

#31
August 04, 2009, 06:48:41 AM
Quote from: DavidW on August 03, 2009, 03:55:23 AM
Like Clive Owen, Daniel Craig, Hugh Laurie and Patrick Stewart?  Well I could also mention that Alan Rickman and Jeremy Irons are not typecast as villains, they just sometimes play them.  I can list more actors but I think the point has been made. 8)

I said 'often' not 'always' - but I take your point  :)
"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm" (Churchill).

'The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good' (Stanley Kubrick).

Jaakko Keskinen

#32
May 12, 2017, 02:20:29 AM
8-year old topic found by randomly searching about Dr Jekyll and Mr. Hyde!

I love this short story, I have read it three times (although not yet in english).

My favorite work from Stevenson is still Treasure Island. Markheim is very good as well.
"Javert, though frightful, had nothing ignoble about him. Probity, sincerity, candor, conviction, the sense of duty, are things which may become hideous when wrongly directed; but which, even when hideous, remain grand."

- Victor Hugo

Florestan

#33
May 12, 2017, 02:37:40 AM
I've read three of his novels: Treasure Island, The Black Arrow and Kidnapped. Liked them all but I concur to TI being a masterpiece.

"Beauty must appeal to the senses, must provide us with immediate enjoyment, must impress us or insinuate itself into us without any effort on our part." - Claude Debussy
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