Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Silent Film at The Disney Concert Hall

Celebrate Halloween at Walt Disney Concert Hall with our annual silent film horror classic, when Clark Wilson returns to improvise another spooky score on the hall’s magnificent pipe organ on Tuesday, October 31, at 8 p.m. This year, the featured film is Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde – one of the more faithful of the many screen adaptations of Robert Louis Stevenson’s story, recounting a visionary scientist’s ill-fated attempts to unleash the human mysteries that dwell beneath the shell of the civilized self.

Considered by many to be the first great American horror film, John S. Robertson’s Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde (1920) allowed stage legend John Barrymore to deliver his first virtuoso performance on film. The film blends historic charm with grim naturalism. Mastered from a 35mm negative, this Kino edition beautifully showcases the dramatic brilliance and gruesome thrills of this influential American classic. Tickets ($15-$52) are on sale now online at LAPhil.com, at the Walt Disney Concert Hall Box Office, or via credit card phone order at 323.850.2000.