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 Horne Stevenson He is buried with his wife and his son-in-law, the artist Alexander Garden Sinclair ARSA (1859–1930). He married Frances Cadell, daughter and coheiress of Robert Cadell of Ratho, on 26 January 1853. Their children were- His publications include "Several Funeral Sermons" and a "Farewell Letter to the Congregation of St George’s" (Edinburgh, 1879). Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, Volume I, by the Rev. Hew Scott, D.D., 1915 Robert Horne Stevenson Rev. Robert Horne Stevenson DD (27 October 1812 – 15 November 1886) was a Scottish minister. The son of John Stevenson of Gartclash, farmer, and Margaret, daughter of Robert Horne of Braziets,