Based on the ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON short novel, this is the classic story of split personality. Dr. Henry Jekyll is a distinguished, socially prominent physician with a charitable heart: he even maintains a free healthy clinic for the poor and needy. Jekyll has been toying around with a theory that man has two natures –good and evil – and that he can change not only his nature, but his body as well. He consumes a concoction he’s developed and emerges as Edward Hyde, the incarnation of evil, who slinks through back alleys and indulges in his every lust. This story has proved to be one of the screen’s most popular and enduring properties. A version was filmed as early as 1908, over the years, such luminaries as John Barrymore, Fredric March, Spencer Tracy, Boris Karloff, Conrad Veidt, Jack Palance and Kirk Douglas have played Jekyll-Hyde on screen and television. This rarely-seen feature stars the distinguished character actor Sheldon Lewis in the title role(s). It proves a refreshing surprise that holds its own next to the other more acclaimed versions. Lewis, whose forte was portraying villains stalking heroines in dozens of silent and early sound serials and features, is perfectly cast. He is more impressive as he makes the transformation from the honest yet tormented Jekyll to the evil Hyde-aptly described in the titles as a “gloating monster” and an “apostle from hell.” This version also features something that others lack: a surprise ending that will at once shock and delight you. Silent film with original organ score and correct projection speed. 63 minutes.