This was not the first film adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's tale but the 1908 version is thought to be lost. As you can see from the stills there's a huge jump in picture quality from the previous films featured allowing more expressive acting . This one starred future film director James Cruze as Jekyll /Hyde although another actor Harry Benham's claim that he did some of the Hyde scenes is taken seriously.
Florence La Badie ( Jekyll's girlfriend )
Sex : Hyde attacks her in the park but it's not clear if the motive is sexual
Death : Survives
Florence was a French Canadian actress , perhaps a relative of Celine Dion judging from that chin, who died from injuries sustained in an automobile accident at the height of her fame in 1917. That hat was later used to depict a flying saucer by Ed Wood ( OK I might have made that last bit up ).
Marie Eline ( little girl )
Sex : In a strange little episode, Hyde is seen moving away from a prone little girl who then picks herself up. Has he merely knocked her over or has something more sinister gone on ?
Death : Survives
Marie was a very prolific child actress who'd already made around fifty films for the Thanhouser Company before this one.
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