21 Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde ( 1931 )

We're  back  to  this  story  again  but  this  is  the  best  version  yet. Frederic  March  won  the  Best  Actor  Oscar  for  his  performance  in  the  title  roles. This  version  was  noted  for  its  strong  sexual  content.

Miriam  Hopkins  ( as  Ivy  Pearson )

Sex : Ivy  is  a  bar  singer  who  tries  to  seduce  Jekyll  when  he  rescues  her  from  a  street  mugging. He  resists  her  advances  although   perhaps only  because  his  friend  interrupts  them. Hyde  tracks  her  down  and  makes  her  his  sex  slave  with  bruises  to  match.

Ivy  appears  to  be  topless  in  a  clinch  with  Jekyll  but  on  closer  inspection  she's  wearing  some sort  of  body  stocking. She  displays  a  lot  of  cleavage  in  some  of  her  scenes  with  Hyde.

Death : Strangled  to  death  by  Hyde  after  reporting  his  abuse  to  Jekyll.

Miriam  had  a  long  and  successful  career  in  film  and  was  noted  for  a  long-running  feud  with Bette  Davis. She  died  in  1972  aged  69.

Rose  Hobart  ( as  Muriel  Carew )

Sex : Some  passionate  embraces  with  Jekyll  but  it  doesn't  go  any  further. She  shows  a  bit  of cleavage.

Death : Survives

Rose  was  never  a  big  star  but  was  very  busy, often  playing, as  here, the  secondary  female  role. Her  film  career  ended  in  1949  because  her  work  in  securing  better  working  conditions  for  actors  saw  her  blacklisted  in  the  McCarthy  era  though  she  later  made  a  comeback  in  television. She  died  in  2000  aged  94.