Dr. Pyckle and Mr. Pryde (1925 Silent Comedy film) Stan Laurel

Dr. Pyckle and Mr. Pryde is a 1925 American silent, black-and-white comedy film, directed by Scott Pembroke and Joe Rock (also the producer).

The film itself is both a spoof of the previous Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde films (e.g., Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1912) and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920)) and the well-famed 1886 novella by Robert Louis Stevenson Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. The film stars Stan Laurel as the title characters.

Plot and Characters
Dr. Stanislaus Pyckle, (a play of the actor's name, Stan Laurel), successfully separates the good and evil of man's nature with the use of a powerful drug -- "Dr. Pyckle's 58th Variety", a spoof of "Heinz's 57". Transforming into the personality of Mr. Pryde (again Laurel), he terrorizes the town with unspeakable acts including stealing a boy's ice cream, cheating at marbles, and popping a bag behind a lady pedestrian. The townspeople track him down where Mr. Pride locks himself in the laboratory and transforms back as Dr. Pyckle.

Cast
Stan Laurel as Dr. Pyckle / Mr. Pryde (sometimes as Mr. Pride)
Julie Leonard as Dr. Pyckle's assistant
Pete the Dog (as Pete the Pup)
Syd Crossley (uncredited bit role)
Dot Farley (uncredited bit role)

Information
The following year (1926), Stan Laurel began his years-long collaboration with Oliver Hardy, and together they would make over 100 films. Pete the dog later starred in a series of Buster Brown films as Buster's dog Tige. The familiar circle around his eye was painted on by a makeup man.

Production
Directed by: Scott Pembroke and Joe Rock
Produced by: Joe Rock
Cinematography by: Edgar Lyons
Assistant Director: Murray Rock
Titles by: Tay Garnett
Company: Joe Rock Comedies