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The Mad Genius

63 %|Sep 30, 1931|Drama, Horror, Romance

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.

Featured Crew

Adolph Bolm
Choreographer
Charles Weidman
Stunt Double
Martin Brown
Theatre Play
David Mendoza
Conductor
Harvey F. Thew
Screenplay
J. Grubb Alexander
Screenplay
Michael Curtiz
Director
David Mendoza
Original Music Composer

Cast

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John Barrymore
Vladimar Ivan Tsarakov
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Marian Marsh
Nana Carlova
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Donald Cook
Fedor Ivanoff
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Luis Alberni
Sergei Bankieff
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Carmel Myers
Sonya Preskoya
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André Luguet
Count Robert Renaud
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Frankie Darro
Fedor as a Boy
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Chester A. Bachman
Poster Hanger (uncredited)
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Charles Brinley
Poster Hanger (uncredited)
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Boris Karloff
Fedor's Father (uncredited)
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Mae Madison
Olga Chekova (uncredited)
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Walter Miller
Opera Spectator (uncredited)
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Lee Moran
Montmartre Cabaret Director (uncredited)
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Charles Williams
Stagehand (uncredited)
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Harry Wilson
Curtain Man (uncredited)