September 30, 1931
81 minutes
DramaHorrorRomance
The Mad Genius
A crippled puppeteer rescues an abused young boy and turns the boy into a great ballet dancer. Complications ensue when, as a young man, the dancer falls in love with a young woman the puppeteer is also in love with.
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Cast
John Barrymore
(Vladimar Ivan Tsarakov)
Marian Marsh
(Nana Carlova)
Charles Butterworth
(Karimsky)
Donald Cook
(Fedor Ivanoff)
Luis Alberni
(Sergei Bankieff)
Carmel Myers
(Sonya Preskoya)
André Luguet
(Count Robert Renaud)
Frankie Darro
(Fedor as a Boy)
Chester A. Bachman
(Poster Hanger (uncredited))
Charles Brinley
(Poster Hanger (uncredited))
Boris Karloff
(Fedor's Father (uncredited))
Mae Madison
(Olga Chekova (uncredited))
Walter Miller
(Opera Spectator (uncredited))
Lee Moran
(Montmartre Cabaret Director (uncredited))
Charles Williams
(Stagehand (uncredited))
Harry Wilson
(Curtain Man (uncredited))
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