Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920 Paramount film) Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920 Paramount film) Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is a 1920 horror silent film produced by Famous Players-Lasky and released through Paramount/Artcraft. The film, which stars John Barrymore, is based on the 1886 novella "The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde" by Robert Louis Stevenson. John S. Robertson directed the production, and Clara Beranger wrote this adaptation's screenplay or “scenario”. The story, set in late Victorian London, portrays the tragic consequences of a doctor's experiments in separating the dual personalities he thinks defines all humans: one good, the other evil. The film is
Robert Stevenson and Peggy Stevenson Robert Stevenson and Peggy Stevenson Robert J. Stevenson (1915–1975) and Peggy Stevenson were a husband and wife who served consecutive terms totaling sixteen years in representation of the Hollywood-Silver Lake-Highland Park area on the Los Angeles City Council—Robert between 1969 and 1975 and Peggy, after his death, between 1975 and 1985. Robert Stevenson was also a TV and film actor with approximately 133 credits. He was sometimes credited as Robert Forrest, Robert Stephenson, or Bob Stevenson. Robert Stevenson was born on October 10, 1915, in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Stevenson was news editor and commentator for WHN radio and newscaster for "Around