poster

The Mad Genius

Drama | Horror

6.3

Release Date

September 30, 1931

Duration

81 min

Status

Released

Language

en

Overview

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.

Casts

John Barrymore

Vladimar Ivan Tsarakov

John Barrymore

Marian Marsh

Nana Carlova

Marian Marsh

Charles Butterworth

Karimsky

Charles Butterworth

Donald Cook

Fedor Ivanoff

Donald Cook

Luis Alberni

Sergei Bankieff

Luis Alberni

Carmel Myers

Sonya Preskoya

Carmel Myers

André Luguet

Count Robert Renaud

André Luguet

Frankie Darro

Fedor as a Boy

Frankie Darro

Chester A. Bachman

Poster Hanger (uncredited)

Chester A. Bachman

Charles Brinley

Poster Hanger (uncredited)

Charles Brinley

Boris Karloff

Fedor's Father (uncredited)

Boris Karloff

Mae Madison

Olga Chekova (uncredited)

Mae Madison

Walter Miller

Opera Spectator (uncredited)

Walter Miller

Lee Moran

Montmartre Cabaret Director (uncredited)

Lee Moran

Charles Williams

Stagehand (uncredited)

Charles Williams

Harry Wilson

Curtain Man (uncredited)

Harry Wilson

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