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The Mad Genius

(1931)

September 30, 1931• 1h 21m
63%
TMDB Score

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.

Michael Curtiz

Director

Top Billed Cast

JB

John Barrymore

Vladimar Ivan Tsarakov

MM

Marian Marsh

Nana Carlova

CB

Charles Butterworth

Karimsky

DC

Donald Cook

Fedor Ivanoff

LA

Luis Alberni

Sergei Bankieff

CM

Carmel Myers

Sonya Preskoya

AL

André Luguet

Count Robert Renaud

FD

Frankie Darro

Fedor as a Boy

CAB

Chester A. Bachman

Poster Hanger (uncredited)

CB

Charles Brinley

Poster Hanger (uncredited)

Official Trailer