"The finest fellow I ever knew. The vilest brute that was ever called man. And both were the same."
Join the Venango Museum of Art, Science and Industry on Friday, October 17 at 7 pm for a showing of the silent horror film Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde (1920) starring John Barrymore. The film will be accompanied live on the Museum's 1928 Wurlitzer Theater Organ - originally from Oil City's Latonia Theater - by silent film organist and silent film scorer Clark Wilson. All of Clark Wilson's score is original, fresh, and historically correct in style for the film.
This film presentation is part of the Venango Museum's 2025 Silent Film Series and made possible by the Jack Rowley Charitable Trust.
About "Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde":
Based on the Robert Louis Stevenson story: Doctor Henry Jekyll's enthusiasm for science and his selfless acts of service have made him a much-admired man. But as he visits Sir George Carew one evening, his host criticizes him for his reluctance to experience the more sensual side of life. Sir George goads Jekyll into visiting a music hall, where he watches the alluring dancer Gina. Jekyll becomes fascinated with the two contrasting sides of human nature, and he becomes obsessed with the idea of separating them. After extensive work in his laboratory, he devises a formula that does indeed allow him to alternate between two completely different personalities, his own and that of a brutish, lascivious person whom he names Hyde. It is not long before the personality of Hyde begins to dominate Jekyll's affairs.
About organist Clark Wilson:
Clark Wilson is one of the most prominent and recognized scorers of silent photoplays in America today. He works exclusively with the organ in developing accurate and historic musical accompaniments as they were performed in major picture palaces during the heyday of the silent film.
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